iLoveMakonnen has told his Twitter and Instagram followers that he is gay. The Atlanta artist shared the "old news" on Thursday night via a string of tweets. “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 tweeted in one message.
He added, “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.”
Someone said to me next time they see me, they was gonna fuck me , I said next time I see me, I'm gonna love me up
— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017
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.
— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017
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❤
— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017
Makonnen later shared a screenshot of his tweets via Instagram alongside the caption, “Thank you for letting me be myself.”
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