Caushun
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Caushun (born Jason Herndon in 1978 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rapper, often referred to as the first black, openly gay male hip-hop artist to be signed to a major record label in the United States. He was signed to Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat Records (the major label status of which is unverified), and no record was apparently ever released.
He's been sexually linked with rapper Unudub aka Loman Totum/Gabe Nice who is known as Philly's 1st Gay rapper.
Trained as a hairdresser, he worked in that capacity with Jennifer Lopez, Kim Cattrall, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Rosie O'Donnell.
He was interviewed as part of a feature article in the 23 May 2002 issue of Metro Weekly, a weekly LGBT magazine for Washington D.C. His album "Return to Caushun" reportedly hit stores in 2005, after a delay in production of the album, but has yet to receive national or online distribution.