ILOVEMAKONNEN Comes Out as Gay on Twitter

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BY Sarah MurphyPublished Jan 20, 2017

Singer-rapper and self-professed fashion icon ILOVEMAKONNEN took to Twitter earlier this morning (January 20), opening up about his personal life and revealing "I'm gay."
 
The announcement followed a message from yesterday, encouraging his followers to "Spread the love and stop the hate."
 
Later, he wrote: "As a fashion icon, I can't tell u about everybody else's closet, I can only tell u about mine, and it's time I've come out."
 
He continued: "And since y'all love breaking news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay. And now I've told u about my life, maybe u can go life yours."
 
Read the full string of tweets from ILOVEMAKONNEN below.
 




 
He later shared the news via Instagram too, screenshotting his tweets and adding the caption: "Thank you for letting me be myself."
 
 

Thank you for letting me be myself.❤

A photo posted by Red Dragon Makonnen (@ilovemakonnen) on

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