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Fast forward to 2012, they ventured into music, and a couple of early mixtapes turned them into a rising star overnight; by the following year, they were opening for Björk. “I literally just started making music, and then six or seven months later, my singles went viral,” they say. “I was thrust into having this platform.” Breakthrough songs Wavvy and Haze.Boogie.Life embodied alternative black culture and represented a new wave of rappers straight-talking over electro-infused beats.
Blanco credits Tumblr and being part of a “queer digital diaspora” for their success, but it was the extensive touring and spellbinding live shows that got them their solid league of supporters. “I was on the road for three years in a row. That’s a very old school, rock’n’roll way of gaining a fanbase.”
Blanco performing in Los Angeles earlier this month. Photograph: David Buchan/Rex/Shutterstock
Blanco has since used their platform to amplify conversations about white supremacy, LGBTQ+ visibility and sexual health. In 2015, they disclosed on Facebook that they had been living with HIV since 2011, becoming one of the first rappers since NWA member Easy E to share their status. “Fuck stigma and hiding in the dark, this is my real life… it’s time to actually be as punk as I say I am,” they wrote. In 2009, they featured in Madonna’s video for Dark Ballet as Joan of Arc, which ended with the following quote by Blanco: “I have walked this Earth, Black, Queer and HIV positive, but no transgression against me has been as powerful as the hope I hold within.”
Blanco is a great lyricist too. The opening song on Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, Trust a Little Bit, has the cadence and conviction of spoken word: “What you see when you look at me? What you think when you blink and cannot breathe? I cannot leave. The feeling is inconclusive. So elusive. Borderline damn abusive.” Writing is their first love; they even considered giving up music in 2015 to become an investigative journalist, documenting “homosexuality and gay culture in remote corners of the world”. Our FaceTime call is interspersed with Blanco effortlessly spitting bars in between answers: “True love. True love. Can’t beef with you. Take out on the couch – that’s beef with you.” It’s a verse from It’s Not My Choice, a highlight from Broken Hearts. With deeply introspective verses and fearless exploration into new genres such as indie pop, it feels like Blanco just getting started…
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