Born June 27: Cazwell

If you think 39 is a trifle old for a white rapper to be dropping rhymes about facials or finding Beyoncé at Burger King, remember that Cazwell was born the same year as Marshall Mathers III. Raised in Worcester, he started singing with the Boston hip hop band Moreplay, but moved on from the city and the genre. He says, "I know a lot of gay rappers that really consider themselves hip hop and want to be accepted by hip hop producers, and my point of view is, 'Why bother? Why spend all my time and energy trying to make a culture who hasn’t acknowledged my existence for the past twenty years accept me?'" Now a New Yorker, he djs and hosts four weekly club nights downtown. He was an opening act on the Cyndi Lauper/Debbie Harry/Erasure/everybody True Colors tour in 2007, played Dior Hommes after party in 2008, judged RuPaul's Drag Race, and has had his songs played on LoGo and True Blood. To date his biggest hit is the sweet and sweaty ode to all things oral, Ice Cream Truck, with more than 3.3 million views. (If blocked, try here.) The DIY charm of that suckadelic jingle is replaced by hardcore (goof)ballin in his most recent really repetitive release, Get My Money Back. Next month he plays Toronto, L.A., and Houston.

Comments

[Sandy]

Thank you, Stephen. I always learn something new from your postings.

[Skye Winspur]

"my point of view is, 'Why bother? Why spend all my time and energy trying to make a culture who hasn’t acknowledged my existence for the past twenty years accept me?'"

Every gay Catholic should read this.

Hot, talented, and articulate: Cazwell is the full package!