August Alsina comes out as part of the LGBTQIA+ community

August Alsina comes out as part of the LGBTQIA communityAugust Alsina who was in an entanglement with Jada Pinkett Smith has seemingly come out by introducing a man he says he loves.

by Obakeng Pholo

22-11-2022 23:32

in LGBTQIA

Jada Pinkett Smith's ex August Alsina appears to come out as gay by introducing his handsome new love' Zu. Photo: AFP/Canva/Twitter

August Alsina appeared to have been coming out as part of the LGBTQIA in this week's episode of VH1's The Surreal Life.

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In an unexpected ending to the show, Alsina introduced a man who he says helped him find a love that feels limitless.

This comes two years after his affair scandal with Jada Pinkett-Smith made global headlines.

Jada in an episode of Red Table Talk called the affair with the young musician an entanglement

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Alsina makes this announcement at the end of the season seven finale on Monday 21 November, shocking and confusing viewers all over the world, audiences were left wondering if the rapper just came out or not.

He said on the show that his honoured that the person he loves, loves him back, he explained that:

And then, what do you know, love showed up - but in a new way. I wanna share that and really honor the person that I love and that loves me back and teaching me so much about love and healing. I wanna do that in front of the world because it defies all the constructs that one would say love is supposed to be or love should look like.

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full clip of August Alsina coming out & showing his boyfriend to the world

on the new episode of #TheSurrealLife pic.twitter.com/amZ5n9DTC1

Club Ambition (@ClubAmbition__) November 22, 2022

HipHopDx identified the man in the clip with Alsina as Zu, in in the article they explain that:

The man's name is Zu and has collaborated with August Alsina on the songs Yeah Yeah and 2am, which were both released this past summer

Furthermore, the rapper did not state outright if they were in a relationship.

Some viewers questioned if perhaps he was referring to brotherly' love.

But Alisa has not confirmed or denied the rumours of the nature of his relationship with Zu.

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