Lil Nas X‘s visuals for his upcoming project Dreamboy are drawing negative attention from one of his inspirations, who has claimed that the rapper copied his art without even “put[ting] a spin on it.”
On Wednesday (November 13) the rapper shared a message on X to promote Dreamboy. The art that went along with the message showed him at a desktop computer in a wood-paneled room, with a figure bathed in white light behind him.
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On his Instagram story, Nas X shared what he called a “reference” for the image: the cover art for Sega Bodega’s 2021 track “Angel on my Shoulder,” which also features a man in a desktop computer, in a wood-paneled room, in front of a figure bathed in white light.
Check the two images side-by-side below.
Lil Nas X called out for “Dreamboy” art borrowing: “Not even trying to put a spin on it” pic.twitter.com/13wSuDvRjv
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) November 13, 2024
Sega responded critically on his X account.
“Not even trying to put a spin on it is where I’m like yeesh,” he wrote.
not even trying to put a spin on it is where I’m like yeesh https://t.co/lY5gkug8b3
— sega bodega (@segabodega) November 13, 2024
Sega then responded to someone who said that he was “ungrateful,” presumably because Nas X had mentioned Sega’s cover on his IG story.
“Can’t tell if this is a very good joke or not cause that’s literally what he did ahahah there is no credit,” Sega responded. “‘Look he did credit you in a photo that will disappear in 24 hours forever and no name whatsoever of artist or photographer! Be grateful! You lot sound insane.”
‘Look he did credit you in a photo that will disappear in 24 hours forever and no name whatsoever of artist or photographer! Be grateful!
You lot sound insane
— sega bodega (@segabodega) November 13, 2024
So far, Nas X has not responded to Sega’s posts. However, he did recently hit back at another critic, Azealia Banks.
Late last month, Banks commented about Nas X on her X account, saying that he “fell off so hard” and “has NO BARS.”
Shortly afterwards, the “Old Town Road” rapper responded in a now-deleted message.
“[A]zealia I could never make a hit song again and you would still never in your bussy soap selling chicken sacrificing botched body hating ass miserable life ever reach a 10th of my success,” he wrote.
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“Love your music btw.”
