Which is why hes currently blowing up.
Opening for a spooky drag show, he had to compete with a football game still playing on TV.
Nobody was paying attention to his set, so he stripped.
Chris Conde, a Brooklyn-based rapper who puts queerness front and center in his lyrics.Stacey Lovett
And people paid attention, he says.
Conde continued to bare it all in shows as he started seeing how people responded to it.
The hyped crowds were yet another sign that the rapper should continue to follow his instincts.
There really arent enough words to accurately communicate how grateful I am to have finished another tour in Europe.
Im so grateful to Crise our tour manager, booking agent and driver who made this all possible.
Thank you for being our cheerleader, guide and most of all friend.
My world has truly changed since hes entered it and Im so lucky to have him as a friend.
The lights, the people, the music and the community was all really breathtaking.
I never thought I could rave and cry at the same time.
Replying to Browns tweet, Kelcewrote, Shit, I wish I could spit bars like that!
Countless people asked for Condes name or the title of the song he was performing.
I keep finding new icons to follow whenever the conservatives get triggered.
I was like, Thats bizarre, I was just listening to Azealia Banks this morning, Conde says.
To his surprise, they were soon DMing one another.
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Conde found the conservative attacks predictable and weak.
Theyre just angry, but they dont know why, right?
Which is hilarious, he says.
Im eating up that these people are so bothered by my existence.
Ive been subverting heteronormative ideologies since I came out, especially with my music.
Meanwhile, vastly expanding his audience overnight has been an exhilarating rush.
Were like, fuck it.
Lets play this random Pride in this random-ass village in the middle of nowhere in Austria, Conde recalls.
Finally, Conde took the stage.
And I rock the shit out of it, he says.
The sound was amazing.
It was really cool.
And they loved it!
I just understood in that moment we need to be here, Conde says.
There are queer people everywhere.
Now, it seems, that spirit of connection and generosity has paid off in another way.
Despite a handful of prudes trying their best to spoil the fun.
