QBoy
QBoy ('Marcos Jose Brito, also known as Sam LeMans, born 1978) is a rap musician from Basildon, Essex.
He studied contemporary dance, acting, and performing arts at De Montfort University, Leicester.
In his early years, Brito was editor of the website gayhiphop.com. He has written for Gay Times, attitude and The Pink Paper. In 2005 he presented a documentary on "The Rise Of Homo-Hop" for BBC Radio One.[1]
In February 2007, he presented the much acclaimed TV documentary Coming Out to Class for Channel 4 where he looked at his own experiences of homophobic bullying at his school and investigating what today's young gay teens are experiencing and demonstrating the lack of support they currently have.[2] It led to an Early Day Motion in parliament the day after its screening.
He was listed under "Young, gifted and gay" in the Pink List 2008. The citation said:
- "The Essex-born rapper is one of only a few openly gay hip-hop artists, forming part of the new sub-genre known as homo hop. Organised PeaceOUT UK, the first gay hip-hop festival in Europe."[3]
