DetoxPod03: Will McKinney-Raphelt

Will McKinney-Raphelt is the associate director of R&B and hip-hop catalog for Sony Music. In that realm, he has worked with legends like Nas, Wu-Tang Clan and Wyclef Jean. Will is also an out and proud gay man who is also a newlywed. In this episode, Mike Joseph and Will talk about being an unapologetic queer POC in corporate America. Also discussed: when Will first discovered he might be gay (in addition to his coming out story), what drew him to hip-hop, how he benefits from privilege as a "straight-passing" gay man, how other gay men can be exclusionist (and often racist) due to his demeanor and the color of his skin, his Texas upbringing, how he met the love of his life on a dating app, and how he and his husband maintain a (for now) trans-continental relationship.