Tumultuous is the word that best describes the last year many of us have had. As a result, we could all use some love in our lives.

However, this has not always been easy for some. Finding songs that reflect an individual’s experience can be difficult enough, but for queer people – even with the rise of many queer artists – it can still seem like they exist on the fringes of society.

To celebrate Pride Month, we compiled a list of some of our favorite LGBTQ+ anthems.

From sugary Pop perfection to provocative R&B jams, check out our list of LGBTQ+ anthems below…

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Dr. Dre is getting candid about the brain aneurysm that landed him in the ICU.

In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, he is opening up about his hospitalization and revealing that he was taken aback by it.

His words below…

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Megan Thee Stallion isn’t holding back.

The GRAMMY winner has become a favored target of some. Now, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is criticizing her over her most recent single ‘Thot Sh*t.’ However, Meg did not waste time responding.

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Ed Sheeran is drumming up the buzz machine for his new single ‘Bad Habits.’

Set for release on June 25, the track will be the premiere taste of his forthcoming album and is notably his first solo release in almost four years.

After inking a seismic deal with TikTok, Sheeran is wasting no time seizing the platform for his pre-release.

For, he’s offered up a preview of the hotly anticipated song.

Check it out below…

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Just hours after sharing the tracklist to her long-awaited debut album, ‘Back of My Mind’ (as we reported here), Academy and GRAMMY Award-winning songstress H.E.R. unveils yet another listen to tunes that line the project.

Titled ‘My Own,’ the song tells the tale of trying one’s hardest to resist the advances of Mr. Wrong.

“Baby, I can’t take no more from you / I don’t wanna play no more / Know we goin’ back and forth on me / I be all ready, on call / Even when I know it’s wrong from me / Somethin’, I don’t know, but it’s somethin’ / I don’t wanna work for somethin’ knowin’ it ain’t worth it,” she coos on the spacey track.

Ahead of its parent album’s June 18 debut, look inside to hear ‘My Own’:

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‘Rolling Stone,’ ‘Associated Press,’ ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ ‘Access Hollywood,’ and ‘People’ are just a few of the high profile outlets graced by GRAMMY-winning Monica in promotion of her new true crime series, ‘Infamy.’

The VH1 show, which premiered June 7th, was among many burning topics the R&B diva tackled over the last few weeks as she raced through a slew of media appearances.

With other subject matter ranging from her serially-delayed ninth studio album, ‘Trenches,’ to the future of her other VH1 endeavors, Mo left few stones unturned across her promotional promenade.

Curious to find out the latest in Mo’s world?  Hop inside below:

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Despite rendering two multiPlatinum singles – ‘Yummy’ and ‘Intentions’ (featuring Quavo) – Justin Bieber‘s 2020 era, ‘Changes,’ was widely regarded a failure when compared to the mega-success of the efforts that preceded it.

Quickly abandoned (in some part due to the global health crisis as well), the era’s successor – 2021’s ‘Justice’ – has proven in more ways than one it’s picking up the slack.

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With his newly announced book, ‘Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me,’ Academy Award-winning actor, singer, and comedian Jamie Foxx – at 53-years-young – proves age and accolades don’t mean there isn’t room to grow and learn.

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It’s a party, it’s a party, it’s a party!

Despite being arrested the same weekend his latest album, the June 11-released ‘Hall of Fame,’ hit shelves, Polo G has much to celebrate as reports have it the LP is pacing toward a #1 debut on the Billboard 200.

To widen the sales gap between himself and his nearest competitor for the position (Migos), G’s unleashed yet another music video from the critically acclaimed project – this time giving his DaBaby-assisted cut ‘Party Lyfe’ the visual treatment.

See the Arrad Rahgoshay-directed action inside:

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Before reminding ‘VERZUZ’ viewers she truly is the baddest b*tch via her epic showdown with fellow femcee Eve (June 16), Trina surprised fans with new song, ‘Receipts.’

Produced by Hitmaka, the braggadocious bop sees the 42-year-old reaffirm her status as one of female Rap’s leading ladies.

“B*tches mad ’cause I brag, but I’m the baddest that these ni**as ever had—that’s facts,” she decrees before continuing, “I’m the mother to the game, time to get these hoes some sitters.”

If ever you needed receipts that this award-winning rapstress is showing no signs of slowing after her 20+year career, it awaits inside:

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All roads lead to this Friday for H.E.R., whose debut album ‘Back of my Mind’ will finally be unleashed.

Bucking the established trends attached to launching a new act, the immensely gifted star (who had been signed and honing her talent since her teens) built her buzz by way of EPs.

It proved a wise approach because it netted her multiple GRAMMYs, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar. All before her full-length project arrived.

With so much success already tallied, excitement is sky-high for her incoming musical chapter.

Prior to its release, the set’s tracklist has been unveiled.

Check it out below…

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Tyler, The Creator is back!

The rapper has unleashed his brand new single ‘LUMBERJACK,’ which premiered alongside its Wolf Haley-directed video.

A colorful affair, the characteristically quirky clip serves as the premiere offering from the follow-up to Tyler’s 2019 album ‘Igor’ – which nabbed him the GRAMMY Award for Best Rap Album.

Check out the visual after the jump…

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