NLE Choppa continues to proudly advocate for the LGBTQ community. The rapper, who received homophobic backlash in June when he said he wanted to perform his song “Slut Me Out 2” at a Pride event, is making it clear again that he is a staunch ally. NLE Choppa appeared on The Zach Sang Showwhere he explained his point of view.
“You should approach everything in life with love, whether you live that way or not,” NLE Choppa said on the show. “I’m a free thinker. You do what you do, it’s cool, man. I support you in everything you do because I know what it feels like to not have support when you’re just doing what you think is best for you.”
He added: “It’s just like racism.”
Shortly thereafter, Sang revealed to NLA Choppa that he is gay and that his “support means a lot to him.”
As mentioned, NLE Choppa received backlash in June after saying he wanted to perform “Slut Me Out 2” at a Pride event. In response to one person who wrote, “This spicy n***a is a real douchebag,” he doubled down on his support for the community.
“I’m sure I know who I am. Show love, it doesn’t hurt. And also, you know women are part of the LGBTQ community, right? Are you going to hate them too? I mean, at least appreciate the women in this community if everything else makes you uncomfortable, King,” the rapper wrote.
In a separate tweet, he wrote: “I understand it is so RARE for me as a BLACK MAN to be in love with myself that some people try to put the homosexual mantle on me, but with all due respect, I love EVERYONE but my intimacy is only with women.”
During his interview with Sang, NLE Choppa also talked about his transition from rap to country music and credited it to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter for the desire to experiment with different sounds.
“When you focus on being yourself and being who you are, you begin to recognize the many gifts He has given you,” he said. “It’s up to you to say, ‘Okay, I could try this or that.'”
NLE Choppa also talked about the changes he has made in recent years to improve his overall wellbeing
“I stopped taking drugs, I changed my diet, I started praying more, and I changed the people I hung out with,” he said.
NLE Choppa added that fatherhood changed his entire perspective: “She’s the reason all these changes really started,” he said. “I didn’t really care about life, but when she was conceived, I said, ‘You know what? If I’m not there for myself, I have to at least be there for her.'”
Watch NLE Choppa’s full interview on The Zach Sang Show below.