Billy Porter Opens Up About Early Struggles As Gay Musician: ‘The Industry Was Very Homophobic’

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BillyPorter says the early music industry was 'very homophobic' to him

The singer is about to embark on The Black Mona Lisa Tour: Volume One, which was part of his journey to becoming the “male Whitney Houston”.

“Music is the original gift. I started singing in church when I was five. I love theater and that was an original dream … but another one of my original dreams was to be the male Whitney Houston,” he told Sherri Shepherd on the latest episode of “Sherri”.Billy Porter Desperately Wants To Collaborate With Jennifer Lopez: ‘I Have Her Number, I’m Trying To Not Bug Her’“I got my first record contract, and my first album came out in 1997. And the industry was very homophobic at the time.

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