The old adage that all publicity is good publicity certainly seems to be paying off for Chris Conde, a queer, Brooklyn-based rapper who started his career in San Antonio. Conde was the subject of a July 4 Rolling Stone profile based on how profoundly a video of his performance at a Pride event in Austria set off right wingers on the online platform X. The emcee, who once worked as a Current music writer, performed the show as he often does — dressed in little other than a leather harness, a sizable tattoo reading “Queer” on full display across his belly.