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Celesbian Gossip Alert – Soul Singer Janelle Monae is Reportedly Dating a New Bae

Its not often we get to discuss black celesbian couples? There are exactly two that we know of: Monifah and her wife Terese who were married in the last season on R&B Divas. Then there is Brittney Griner and her fiance Glory Johnson.

However, according to MediaTtakeOut.com (the self-proclaimed black TMZ) is reporting that Grammy nominee, Janelle Monae and veteran femcee, MC Lyte are an item.

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According to their source the alleged love birds’ romance began earlier this month when they hit it off at the BET’s Black Girls Rock show.

In April Monae faced claims on Twitter that she’s gay, and in response to her fans, she hinted on the social media site that she
was not for “male consumption.” But turns out Monae is “seriously dating” Lyte.

Both women have always been candied about their sexual preference, with Monae saying

You know what, I keep my personal life to myself. I think one of the things about that is that I want everyone to focus on my music and also I don’t want to let anybody down. I want women to still be attracted to me – go get my album! And I want men to still be attracted to me so I have to be political in this. I can’t really tell y’all.”

MC Lyte – who is considered one of the first ladies of hip hop – has never publicly confirmed longstanding rumours about her sexuality, when asked about the possibility of hip-hop embracing openly gay rappers she answered,

I will never say never. Kudos is such a corny word but Kudos to [Frank Ocean and Michael Sam] or being able to live their lives out loud. If that’s what they needed to do in order to feel free, so be it.”

Do you think they’d make a cute couple? Sound off in the comments below!