Lil Nas X’s meteoric rise to fame only began a few months ago. Naturally, along with the increase in notoriety comes more opportunities. On Sunday (June 30), the “Old Town Road” sensation got the chance to perform in front of 180,000 people with Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus during the Glastonbury Festival in Glastonbury, England.
The overwhelming love and support he received that night reportedly inspired him to come out as gay. In a tweet later that evening, he directed his fans to listen to the song “c7osure (You Like)” from his new 7 EP.
“some of y’all already know,” he wrote via Twitter. “some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure.”
The lyrics point to someone wrestling with a secret they feel finally needs to be revealed.
“True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free,” he says. “Ain’t no more actin’, man that forecast say I should just let me grow/No more red light for me baby, only green, I gotta go/Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold/This is what I gotta do, can’t be regrettin’ when I’m old.”
Nas X was surprised people hadn’t figured it out already. He highlighted the 7 artwork and zoomed in on the rainbow-colored building in the distance.
“deadass,” he wrote. “thought i made it obvious.”
TMZ reports he was “tired of being closeted” and didn’t tell anyone — including Miley or Billy Ray — that he was about to make his big reveal after the concert.
June 30 happened to coincide with the last day of Pride Month. In the wake of his revelatory tweets, he’s received plenty of support from the LGBTQ+ community.
Listen to “c7osure (You Like)” below.
yeah we could tell bruh. i dont really care about his sexuality. hes still a trash ass artist at the end of the day
So is Diddy (Who’s a closet gay and trash executive producer/artist) but people still support him and Bad Boy.
No one supports Bad Boy in 2019.
That’s right, that’s why French Montana has 18 million streams a month on Spotify, over a billion youtube views and MGK has 233 million vews on Rap Devil…
a trash ass artist that enjoys ass lol
Maybe this opens the lane for Yachty, Uzi, and Young Thug to come out the closet now. Nothin wrong wit it ,respect this dude for doin this. Music is still gimmicky meme garbage shit, but good for him being strong.
More power to him. But honestly, when a dude has a Barbz saluting account slash alias, it’s pretty obvious…
WOW, this song will be the national gay anthem, removing “vogue” by Madonna from every gay event
Man I’d really like to spread his butt wide open and devour it like a Frosty from Wendys
Grow up you pathetic little idiot.
Be gone, you filthy sodomite
Good way to fvck up the culture. Gay ppl just want to say they 1st of something when they announce it. It just a lifestyle. Where are all the bass porno girl on girls dykes at and those hot College girl on girl chicks at!! That’s the action I’m talking about.
The fvck.. You’re not fooling anyone with that fake getting at girls comment, Triple Phi OG… aren’t you gay with all this man love thuggery mess you be preaching and you are trying to condemn your own kind. So hypercritical of you. Let the man be himself. I mean we allow you to be the closet down low brother that you are all you want on here.
Get off the computer before someone tells your P.O that you’re online searching for Elementary School Kids again, you p3d0.
I represent 106 And Lube Street. Im a Tr3yG@y B0tT0m. Sw@lL0w the L3@d3r. I’m upset that he’s trying to take my cowb0y$ @w@y.
Your right bro my bad I fvcked up niccuh I’m talking to myself and shit on here making contradictions and replying to myself I fvck with you lil nas X fuck pornos and college girls BIG COCKS IN MY ASS so what on BRONSON 63RD street but yeah u knew dat tho
Grow up, you uneducated, pathetic little moron.
It shouldn’t be news that someone is gay, bi or anything like that.
Let people live their life’s they want to – it’s not a lifestyle choice, people are attracted to who they’re attracted to who they’re attracted to.
It’s 2019 – this shouldn’t be a thing.
Even tho there were signs that pointed to this I was honestly still surprised when he announced this but as long as he just comes out and calls it a day and doesn’t act like one of those Twitter K Pop stans (the mfs who went to extreme lengths to disrespect Jahseh on his deathday both this year and last) he should still be aight
Yo! Any time someone comes out as gay, all they’re really saying is “I like bootyhole in the bedroom” – which is fine, to each their own, I like women, but IT DOESNT MATTER! Why is what someone does in the bedroom fcking matter!?? It ain’t brave, it’s TMI fuck all this.
You’re right, it doesn’t matter. But the reason it’s brave for people of the LGBTQ+ community to announce who they are publicly is because there is so much hatred in the world about it. Gay people are attacked and killed everyday simply for loving someone. To face all that and say “this is me” IS brave.
It’s not brave to come out as gay in America. Try coming out as gay in a country where homosexuality is illegal, that would be brave.
The irony of your statement is that the LGBTQ community openly supports the ideology and migration of those from the nation’s thay actually do incriminate gay people. This is AMERICA. It’s not brave to be gay in America lol. That’s like saying it’s brave to smoke a joint on the street in America, because in half of the world, you would get lashed 50 times, or go to prison for 5 years. Again… The gay community in America literally defend inviting in immigrants and refugees from the nation’s thay actually hurt gay people. It’s a stupid idea. Watch. One day, in Canada, there will be Sharia law. And the queers of Canada will be ignorant enough to allow them to build an empire, and eventually take control. The only friend of GAy culture worldwide, is in Western Culture. All other culture is not kind to gay people.
OH, and BTW, I am bisexual. I am not brave for telling anyone this. I don’t deserve a pat on the back. I’m not afraid. I’m not oppressed. I’m not a victim, as you make me out to be.
Chris, thank you. That was perfectly stated I was about to write something similar.
Exactly! It’s getting annoying. Who cares? Nobody. Nobody is trying to tell anyone how to live. Nobody cares what kind of sex you like. Be gay, cool. Be straight, fine. Gay people virtue signal so much these days, as if it is an accomplishment or character trait or some shit.
I’m dyin, lol. You forgot to add “with a person of the same gender as I”
Smh
“deadass making it obvious” would’ve been saying flat out “I’m gay.” Not throwing hints. He knew wtf he was doing.
Sodomy. No Bueno
Y’all accept Young Thug and Birdman so…..why stop now with this guy
You see in Africa we love pussy so much so we kill all the ass fucking boys….. Homosexual is a sin, Africa believes in family…. The thing confused me is this guys don’t want women in their life but still want children and this gay women don’t want men in their life but they use artificial dick on themselves and want children as well. What kindna crazy western lifestyle you guys living… Fire burns all. I don’t have hate towards any gay person but please you guys should make up your mind. The funny thing is gay people are the most hoes people ever on earth…. Fucking any ass go pass.. Lol.
Anyway we Africans loves pussy, brown, yellow, red, white, black pussy we will do it bad…. Africans don’t welcome any ass fucking person.
damn. your entire post was hate. pussy pussy pussy! hate hate hate!
He’s right tho. Fuk gays and fuk gay lifestyle….why do they have to “come out” anyways? Its nothing special because every is gay. That’s like me coming out for being straight.
nah, shit was wrong from the jump. tone, grammar and narrow point of view all garbage. fuck ignorance and irrational fear
AfroBeat posts has NO Hate. These are true facts. I am African from the Congo and I am proud of my culture and How I raised.
OBAMA tried to bring that crap in Africa and he got kicked out. You will never see that in the news but these are facts.
Keep your shits to you. Don’t bring it to the Motherland.
Didn’t aids start in Africa??
@ a lot of teh gays in africa: no aid didn’t start from Africa, it start from the state… Even our own brother Obama try to kill some of our brothers and sisters with Ebola shit but we still standing.
You hustle day and night, go through all this racist system to put food on the table for the family and he end up telling you he is gay! So you hustle for nothing, naah get the fuck outta here son. No one is born gay, is something called choice. Gay is demonic and hell wait for you all.
This dude might be one of the corniest to ever do rap. He’s purely gimmicks. What he did to come out, was also a gimmick. No, having rainbow colors doesn’t obviously make somebody gay. And those lyrics don’t point to being gay either lol, they just point to being yourself. This dude knew this would help him maintain his gimmick created popularity. I expect MORE gimmicks firm him still.
sounds like a democrat policy.
This isn’t even a secret, he’s only coming put because he ot filmed smashing some guy at a house party.
Nobody noticed because nobody cares…. facts
I mean nobody cares about his music…
Yeah.. that’s why he’s making ridiculous money and your salty in a comment section about someone’s music that “nobody cares about”
You OBVIOUSLY care.. a lot
I Do and I am a straight African man. I am a musician/music producer. I love all type of arts and His music is good.
Numbers don’t lie.
Who’s g@y3r than Kanyon??? Lil Nas X and Triple Phi OG lol
Lol kanyon was underrated dont front. He is still stuck in your memory after all these years he must have done something right. He was decent in the ring and He was better on the mic (as an annoying heel) than they give him credit for.
Being gay isn’t even a big deal anymore. What’s really freaky is this dudes yellow teef.
His teeth are even more yellow than my piss L O L
Not that I’m a fan of this guy. But their have been other artists I’ve liked Frank, Jaden, Tyler only to find out their homo. I had to learn to just focus on the music an look away when their sexual retardation manifest.
So that’s why he had cowboys boots on lol
Gay isn’t hip hop
Gay is super hiphop. Tupac was likely a bit hay, based on his lifestyle before acting like a thug for fame. The game, 50, Diddy, Jayz, Dr Dre…. Name a popular rapper, and we can find another who says they were bent over by a high end music executive haha. I love Pacs music but I truly think he was bisexual. And Dre? Dre is either gay, or bi, hands down. And Chance the rapper? Dudes the Jussie Smollet of rap music ?
nope! not pac!
He was a background dancer my man. Even danced ballet. Seen his first interview at age 17? Look it up on YouTube; real feminine.
I don’t know about gay but I do know one thing: All those homo erotic album covers started with Pac flexing his muscles on the cover of All Eyez On Me….
Don’t be dumb. Not every guy who behaves feminine is gay and this is natural. That’s very ignorant and stupid. And yes, there are those who behave hardcore but are gay. Come up with a better evidence than that stupid excuse
The same people that claim to be so persecuted are the ones that are the most bigoted. What a surprise.
Yep. The hypocrisy is strong.
so obvious. you can tell by the eyes. gay people have a certain look that their eyes omit…
tf are you talking about?
LMAO. I’m confused loooool. My gaydar was probably NOT working. Did I miss something ?
You just staring into dudes eyes looking for something bra? Hahaha
Nobody care he’s not good anyways…as long as the good rappers ain’t gay I’m ok
say all you want but lil nas x is good musician specially if he is making millions of money despite you are doing nothing but shit .
Trash and a fake cowboy and artist but gay? No
Also no one gives one fuck.
I mean I was in a good joking mood yesterday, but let me come back and say, how can you make it “obvious” that you’re gay? I mean I never thought he was gay, but I also never paid that much attention to him in the first place. So maybe other folks know what he’s talking about when he said he thought he made it obvious that he was gay
So the success of his song gave him the courage to reveal he’s gay. So, if the song didn’t do well, he wouldn’t have revealed he’s gay. Is it me or did he just use Hip Hop? Did he pretend to be something he’s not just to become famous and financially stable? The phrase ‘fake it til you make it’ pops into mind. This is my entire issue with this guy. If you want to be gay be gay, that’s not a life I choose to live but be who are and stop fucking pretending. So, now his sales are gonna go up because he’s going to play the victim role.
I know how he feels
Horses in the back for sure
We should have known with the last bar of that verse. “Ringer on my booty.” Out of all way to end a verse, that was not the way.
Self explanatory right there.