For trend driven Los Angeles, especially those Angelenos who indulge in the variety of new cuisine trends in LA, a new burger joint opening sounds promising. However, according to the head of the LA LGBT Center, the latest trendy Fairfax District eatery is owned by a noted homophobic Russian rap star and Putin acolyte.
Foodie digital magazine EATER LA reported, “Russian hypebeast burger company Black Star Burger has opened on Fairfax. The restaurant, founded by the so-called “Drake of Russia,” not-so-quietly announced a burger giveaway last week before its official launch, and now says on social media that it’s open daily.”
However, in a Facebook post Thursday, the LA LGBT Center’s Lorri L. Jean warned, “ A new burger joint, Black Star Burger, has just opened on Fairfax. One of its owners is homophobic Russian rapper Timati. In a recent song, he not only touts himself as Putin’s best friend (in an overtly pro-authoritarian government video), he praises Moscow as “the city where they don’t hold gay parades.”
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