Ghali's pink calls out Italian toxic masculinity The world of hip-hop moves on, its public seems stuck in the past

In an interview for the November issue of GQ, "The New Masculinity Issue", Pharrell Williams answered a question about the greater simplicity with which, following the line he had followed in previous years, artists such as Lil Uzi or Young Thug (or A$AP Rocky and Tyler the Creator themselves) have managed to carry on a more androgynous aesthetic and wear women's clothing: 

«And my point is, why not? What rule [is there]? And when people start using religion as the reason someone shouldn't wear something, I'm like, What are you talking about? There was no such thing as a bra or blouse in any of the old sacred texts. What are you talking about?I was also born in a different era, where the rules of the matrix at that time allowed a lot of things that would never fly today».

In the same interview, Pharrell Williams repudiated some of his old lyrics for the way he objectified women and sexuality.  

The importance of this process of increasing freedom of expression of one's aesthetics - which is not necessarily linked to the expression of one's sexuality - lies in ensuring that a part of the public that historically had never found representation the opportunity to express themselves, and to do so by identifying with artists who can simultaneously perform as headliners at Coachella, organize queer parties in New York and be protagonists of Prada's new menswear campaign. And it's essential that Italy - where many of the protagonists of this process reside - becomes an active part of this trend: at a time when civil society is struggling to stand as a role model, fashion, art and music can play a role important in the education of the public.