Meet The Gay Music Mogul Who Discovered Metallica And White Zombie

As seen in the clip, Alago, who is gay, doesn’t shy away from discussing his sexuality in the documentary. Being openly queer in the 1980s and ’90s was, of course, challenging for anyone working in the entertainment business. Still, Alago said his position afforded him a unique advantage. “Those young people, who you may have thought were homophobic, had to kind of put up with me … because I was the person they would come to for the record deal,” he said. “They may have not met another gay person in their whole life. They would maybe leave my office with a different perspective of what ‘gay’ meant.” 

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