Bed-Stuy Rapper Siya Stays True to Brooklyn, and Herself

Bed-Stuy rapper Siya has no interest in dancing around any topics, so when I begin falling backward into a question about how the Trump administration’s attacks on the LGBTQ community have impacted her as an openly gay artist, she cuts through my word salad with clinical precision.
“I’m not a fan of Trump, never will be. I think we’re stuck in the middle of his reality show and we as the audience are getting fucked with no condom and no lube,” she says. “It&rs