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Who would have known JAY-Z’s “mauve” suit to the Roc Nation Brunch last weekend would somehow set off a bell in my head?
“Yo, there’s a lot of brothas out there rocking pink as of late!”
I’m not exaggerating. Just this year alone, Meek Mill, Billy Porter, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Dwyane Wade all gave us a well-tailored pink suit of sorts in an array of shades. Of course, we can’t have this conversation without including the vivacious yee haw hot pink energy Lil Nas X brought this year’s Grammy Awards.
Granted, Black men wearing pink isn’t new, in the 2000s Cam’ron created an entire fashion trend of it drenched in bubble gum pink Baby Phat fur, but in these uber toxic masculinity times, doing something as simple as eating cheese sticks and sitting next to another man on the subway can a threaten a man’s already fragile ego.
So in 2020 rocking this traditionally girly hue, and not just in leisurewear, is a choice. As GQ writer Megahn Gustashaw noted last year, pink “still represents a blurring of codes that’s extremely now” and is being worn with confidence, ease, and sexiness.
Take a look at all these beautiful brothas flex in their pink and prove that anyone, regardless of gender and sexual orientation, can own this color and own it well:
1. Lil Nas X
![Lil Nas X arrives at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, United States.](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803624684069.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=343&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
2. Jay-Z
![2020 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH - Inside](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803625997515.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
3. Billy Porter
![20th Annual AFI Awards - Cocktail Reception](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803625464841.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=679&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
4. Meek Mill
![2020 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH - Inside](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803626744293.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
5. Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union
![Ralph & Russo: Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/158036273919.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=307&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
6. Sean “Diddy” Combs
![VH1's 3rd Annual "Dear Mama: A Love Letter To Moms" - Inside](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803634047524.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
7. Tyson Beckford
![2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show - Pink Carpet](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803634379824.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
8. Quincy Brown
![Reconnect To The World - Montblanc Travel Event In Berlin](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803633570063.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
9. Sterling K. Brown
![This is Us - Season 3](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803637999018.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
10. NBA player Nick Young
![The 2018 ESPYS - Arrivals](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/07/15320160397062.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=359&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
11. Will Smith
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 5](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803645620068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
12. Chadwick Boseman
![2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803630216246.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=320&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
13. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
![31st Annual Producers Guild Awards - Arrivals](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803629154962.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=333&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
14. Flor Rida
![2015 BET Awards](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803650699703.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=337&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
15. John Legend
![Airbnb Concerts - John Legend Summer of LVE](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803652929952.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=319&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
16. Nick Cannon
![2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris - After Party - Arrivals](https://ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/01/15803653545623.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=321&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)