In the early 2000s, Caushun emerged as one of the first openly gay artists to sign a major record deal. Queen Latifah, who started her career in the 1980s, and Da Brat, who rose to fame in the 1990s, are both deemed legends today, but didn’t come out officially until recently, long after they found pioneering success. Being part of the LGBTQ+ community and being a rapper were two separate worlds for most of hip-hop’s history. As artists, outlets, and fans continue to celebrate the heights reached in rap over the last five decades, this momentous occasion also highlights the changes made since 1973. No details have been released yet but this upcoming film is being referred to as Philly.Hip-hop turns 50 this year, which is fitting for its place as the biggest genre in the world. He has worked on visual albums before but this would mark the first proper filmmaking effort by the musician. Ocean’s knowledge of world cinema and film history is pretty impressive which is why filmmaking seems like a natural jump for him. Ocean is a bonafide cinephile, having cited the likes of Luis Buñuel, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick as primary sources of inspiration. It looks like Ocean has found the perfect collaborative outlet since multiple sources have reported that the music icon is actually planning on making his directorial debut feature. He also spoke about venturing into uncharted territory by working on collaborative projects instead of embracing the loneliness of songwriting: “I think for a while I’d like to get away from work that’s solitary by nature… I’ve been trying to make time to do more of that sort of thing, and be in spaces where I’m not the expert.”
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