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MNEK felt he was ‘martyr’ for Black queer community after finding fame
MNEK felt the need to be a ‘person of great importance to the Black queer community’ when he rose to fame as a singer.The musician, who recently featured on Joel Corry hit Head & Heart, has previously spoken out about the judgement he experienced from within the music industry due to his sexual orientation.But he feels at his best when he’s simply himself rather than having to put that part of himself on show.The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK singing coach made the remarks during a chat with rapper Dotty for Beats by Dr Dre’s INFORMAL series.He said: ‘I felt the need to be this martyr, or this person of great importance to the Black queer community, but I think it’s more like, I don’t know, I feel like my actions do that more.‘I think when I’m