Bounce rapper
Sissy Nobby is one of a number of alternative lifestyle bounce rappers who came to prominence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Rappers who identified themselves as gay or transgendered in New Orleans were certainly not unknown prior to the storm, but the media focused on the phenomenon in the years following, and gay and lesbian rappers were given considerable exposure in the Bounce Music art exhibits that were installed at the Smithsonian and other galleries in New Orleans, New York and Austin. In many ways, all of this was unfortunate, as it tended to distract from the music that these artists made by focusing on their sexuality or lifestyle choices, and the reason that shouldn’t be done was evident at the HOPE Summer Jam, where most of the crowd cheered wildly for Nobby, showing that his fan base is certainly not restricted to homosexuals, at least not in New Orleans.
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