We take a bite out of hip-hop and music-making with Cuee, a Black trans artist based in Lawrence, Kansas. We chat about his shift from higher education into a full-time music career, how creating music can be a tool for exploring identity, and the invaluable role community plays in establishing art.
View the transcript for this episode.
Additional resources and references
To check out Cuee’s work, head to cueemusic.com. You can also follow him on Instagram and TikTok or stream his content on Spotify and Apple Music.
Find out more about the Haus of McCoy in Lawrence, Kansas.
The copyright for all music included in today’s episode is held by Cuee and included with permission from the owner.
Check out all episodes of Take the Last Bite wherever you listen to podcasts and stay tuned this summer for bonus episodes.
About the podcast
Take the Last Bite is a podcast by the Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity. It's a direct counter to the Midwest Nice mentality— highlighting advocacy and activism by queer/trans communities in the Midwest region. Through each episode, we're aiming to unearth the often disregarded and unacknowledged contributions of queer and trans folks to social change through interviews, casual conversations and reflections on Midwest queer time, space, and place.