Rose-Ingrid Benjamin

Can I Kick It Too?: An exploration of Queerness in hip hop

NAC Hip Hop Theatre Festival

2024-02-01 13:00 2024-02-01 14:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Can I Kick It Too?: An exploration of Queerness in hip hop

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35011

In-person event

How do queer artists thrive in an artform that has historically been unwelcoming—even hostile—to people who identify as LGBTQ+? Five Canadian artists sit down for a candid live conversation to explore what it means to find a place in a culture that has typically not embraced an important part of their identity and how artists like Lil Nas X have broken barriers in the genre’s modern era. 

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Peter A. Herrndorf Place,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa
Thursday, February 1, 2024
1 PM EST
Rose-Ingrid Benjamin
Slayverii
Lex Leosis
Theatre Talks Festival events
  • In-person event
  • English
  • ≈ 60 minutes · No intermission

How do queer artists thrive in an artform that has historically been unwelcoming—even hostile—to people who identify as LGBTQ+? Five Canadian artists sit down for a candid live conversation to explore what it means to find a place in a culture that has typically not embraced an important part of their identity and how artists like Lil Nas X have broken barriers in the genre’s modern era. 

© Rose-Ingrid Benjamin
© Slayverii
© Lex Leosis
  • Host Rose-Ingrid Benjamin
  • Speaker Slayverii
  • Speaker Kimmortal
  • Speaker Lex Leosis