Partners in rap: rocketing from Wisconsin to The L Word, with thousands of MySpace fans, rapper God-Des and sultry-voiced She are primed for stardom.

When homo-hop--hip-hop music's thriving queer underground--finally crowns some mainstream superstars, don't be surprised if the new royals are God-Des and She. It's only been a little over two years since the self-described "white dyke Jewish rapper from Wisconsin" and her sultry-voiced sidekick loaded a U-Haul and emigrated to Brooklyn, N.Y., from their hometown of Madison, Wis. Now they're making funny, fierce music, saying what many gays only think. Says God-Des: "People [have always] loved that I had the guts to get up there and say, 'Yeah, I'm a dyke, and this is what I go through.'"

Androgynous hottie God-Des started rapping back when she was a percussion player in her high school marching band. Although they've never been a romantic couple, God-Des and She felt a mutual artistic attraction when they sang on the same bill at a Madison benefit for the National Organization for Women back in 2001. They began performing and recording together soon afterward and officially partnered as God-Des and She in 2005.

The two have definitely paid their dues--squeezing in recording sessions between day jobs and relentlessly touring the country so that God-Des, to quote one of their songs, can "be the rap president."

The "presidential campaign" heated up in 2004, when God-Des released her debut album, Reality. The collection commands attention not only because of its beats and lyrics but because God-Des raps about so many facets of gay life. Sweet love songs follow political rants, and satirical jabs at the straight community are next to tracks where the rapper makes fun of herself.

"Gay people have so much that's bottled up, and we don't know how to express it," God-Des explains. "[She and I] are different because we represent hope and a positive view of the gay community."

That may be why the producers of The L Word invited God-Des and She to perform on March's season finale. The duo performed their new single "Lick It"--a thumping club anthem that explains exactly how to entertain one's woman best. The appearance sent waves throughout the known lesbian world.

"Since The L Word," says She, "we keep hearing, 'I can't believe I didn't know about you!' It's unbelievable the love we've been getting." Response has been so strong, in fact, that She could quit her day job slicing meat in a dell in order to spend her time booking concert dates and sorting through the e-mails that barrage the pair's Web site and MySpace page.

Admirers have kept the video for their other new single--the slow jam "Love You Better"--at the top of the Logo channel's music countdown, and the duo is recording a new album. Meanwhile, they get the satisfaction of knowing they're making a difference. God-Des marvels, "We get kids telling us that even if they can't come out to their families, at least with our music they can get through the day."