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The rapper and social media sensation speaks with TIME about his music, his ‘dress’ and his ‘drip’, and what’s next for his career._  by [Jenna Caldwell](https://time.com/author/jenna-caldwell/)  ## Jenna Caldwell Jun 24, 2022 7:13 PM UTC  by [Jenna Caldwell](https://time.com/author/jenna-caldwell/)  ## Jenna Caldwell Jun 24, 2022 7:13 PM UTC Saucy Santana is the moment. The 28-year-old rapper, who has made waves for his hit songs like “Walk”, “Material Girl,” and “Shisha,” his flamboyant style, and his wildly-entertaining antics, is impossible to miss. Most superstars are. Over the past two years, Saucy Santana—born Rashad Spain—has established himself as someone to watch. Starting off as a makeup artist for the rap duo City Girls, Saucy Santana quickly grew in popularity for his [funny online exchanges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPpycUhqMg) with rapper Yung Miami, becoming responsible for catchphrases like “Caresha please!” and “What’s Big, Sweetie?” Soon thereafter, Santana began to release his own music, finding mainstream success with the 2020 song, “[Walk Em Like A Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHVDgVcw2Cc).” Growing up in Florida, he attributes his sound—a style he describes as “women empowerment” anthems mixed with a little bit of “talking trash” and “not taking no for an answer”—to early-2000’s rap sensations Trina, Jacki-O, and Khia. Unlike many of his sources of inspiration, Santana identifies as gay—a rarity in the world of hip-hop. When rapper [Lil Nas X](https://time.com/5652803/lil-nas-x/) came out as gay in 2019 on the heels of his (now) 16x-platinum single “Old Town Road” it made major headlines across the globe and opened doors for more young, Black, LGBTQ+ rappers like Santana. (The two even have even joined forces on a forthcoming song together called “Down Souf Hoes,” expected to come out later this year). Santana has since become a leading voice in the LGBTQ+ community, becoming one of the faces of Coach’s annual PRIDE campaign, and landing _Teen Vogue_ and _PAPER_ magazine covers in June. “I’m proud to be iconic to people, or to be making history to people or people seeing me as a future icon or future legend,” he says. “Because I’m opening a door for my community, people of my culture.” In the video above, the rapper and social media sensation speaks with TIME about his music, his ‘dress’ and his ‘drip’, and what’s next for his career. ## Transcript Being a hustler. Wanted some money for me to perform at Club then they was playing the playing the mile freestyles and stuff. So I was like well let me try to make a good song and see if you know I can go to the club and it did a million places in a week and everything change. Waka waka waka waka waka waka. I feel like it's two things, you have the material that sticks out, of course, you know, being in all the ladies, like me, the new, there's a fan of the party and you're dressed in your trip and then I think another side of any Material Girls as being about your business. You know, handling your business have expanders having more rules and just being a boss. So it's two sides of it, you know, you have the fun side of, you know, being in your trip been in Ocean Isle Inn in the world, you know, the Fashion World side of it, but then you know just had me you no brains and business. Then beauty is the other side of Niger. Can I get it for Miami's bus down? These hoes can't stand me. I started out as friends. I just always had that it Factor, you know, when I walk in, you know, it's me Silas, B. I definitely would consider me one of the bigger of the 20s but I'm definitely one of them. I remember coming out at 17 I made a post on Facebook and said I was bisexual so I was I felt like if I said that I was kind of like my way of putting a foot in the door and then what kind of Like you know just made girl stop. You're not talking to me, he didn't work. I still want to be my girlfriend and so later on I started dressed and feminine clothes. Getting my nails done. It was a hard time for was a broadcast for me. And my mom at that time, I think she doesn't understand. She was like, okay you know you knew you was going to ask that you gave us you ain't getting your nails done. So she wasn't really sure what was the come and I was, I was young. I was seventeen. I was figuring it out by myself but I turned out to be a superstar. It all worked out. I just describe myself as a male. I'm a boy. And I'm a boy and I'm gay. I don't like to get into non-binary and gender-fluid in all their life. My gender is a boy. When you see me, you see a boy. You might see a pretty boy. You might see a gorgeous boy, might see a beautiful boy when I was still a boy. So sometimes people look at gas supposed to be this, or I supposed to be that when Esta me different types of yay. It's so many different looks at me and yeah so I just try to get on saying, you know just to be understanding to have patience for people when it comes to people. I will stay for a parent's, you be sensitive and just be mindful when, you know, when kids are coming out to you, cuz it takes a lot of courage to tell your parents, is in the roar I'm gay. And we go through a lot of things that other people don't go through, and that they wouldn't even understand. So I was just a parent be, you know, be careful infested with your kids and US definitely come out. You know, when you are old enough and that make your own decisions decisions and clear decisions, I think about it. You know, think everything through it in just be yourself always. But I do think it's very important on a timing. It age, I think, What's that's just how I grew up. You make your own decisions kind of when you grown and stuff. That was a part of me. Not even coming outside. I was 17 cuz I graduated school at 17. My birthday is in October so I didn't have to live in my mama house and I didn't have to listen to nobody and I was you know it was dead. So that's my take on it. Just after each accomplishment, it's like, wow, I did that. And I just, I have the mindset of just keep getting bigger and going better. And I'm proud to iconic, the people or to be making history, as the people, or people seeing me after future icon, on a future Legend, because I'm opening the door for my community, people of my culture. I'm just never been done before. We, you know, this wasn't regular two people, whatever it wasn't, the it wasn't the norm style. It makes me feel good when I see you. Things like that. 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