The hip-hop world doesn't have a reputation for being the friendliest place for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Homophobia has popped up in lyrics and tweets from rappers like 50 Cent and Tyler the Creator and though superstar Nicki Minaj has toyed with bisexuality and rapper Fat Joe has shown support for the Lgbt community, we've yet to see a hip-hop star with a mainstream audience actually come out of the closet.

Until now.

Azealia Banks, the 20-year-old rapper being pegged as the "next big thing" in the industry, came out as bisexual in a new interview with the New York Times. What's more -- she did it with little fanfare, the admission taking up just two lines that appear near the end of the story:

"Ms. Banks considers herself bisexual, but, she said: "I'm not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don't live on other people's terms.