Beyoncé’s newest album, “Renaissance,” is a musical triumph that signals the next great phase of the superstar’s career — and she’s taking the Black queer icons who pioneered house music with her. Like the righteous rage of “Lemonade” and the celebration of identity in “Black is King,” Beyoncé’s latest effort centers and uplifts Black listeners. Now, she’s training her focus on the Black musicians and figures who sought community and shelter within the LGBTQ-dominated scenes of house and ballroom culture. Not that it surprised Madison that she’d eventually appear on a track with Beyoncé — she tweeted “My VOICE is ICONIC! At these balls, queer and trans New Yorkers competed, danced and created years-long rivalries between Houses (that is, “found families” of LGBTQ people who competed together).

Source: CNN August 04, 2022 12:19 UTC