Lil Nas X turned many heads when he came out as gay around the time his smash single “Old Town Road” dominated the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019. Homosexuality is still a relatively taboo topic in Hip Hop culture and with that comes people who either criticize Lil Nas X or just don’t understand him.
During a recent interview with XXL, the MONTERO rapper spoke on his stance on Hip Hop and how he feels the culture doesn’t fully respect him or his art. According to Lil Nas X, however, he’s a part of the culture whether people like it or not.
“Honestly, I don’t feel as respected in hip-hop or many music places in general,” he said. “But these are communities that I am a part of, whether people would like it or not. This is something that I wanted to do because, not that my entire album is rap, but there are rap tracks on my album. I am a rapper. I am a pop star. I am a gay artist. But it’s like, I belong in these places, you know?”
Despite being one of the biggest stars in music, Hip Hop is still on the fence about Lil Nas X. Boosie Badazz criticized him to the point he refused to give the rap star any type of shine and even threatened to beat him up.
T.I. also threw Lil Nas X into the controversy surrounding DaBaby’s homophobic rant at Rolling Loud Miami. He felt if Lil Nas X could be himself and speak his mind, so could DaBaby.
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Whether Hip Hop accepts him or not, Lil Nas X is going to continue being himself while having fun trolling fans. On Friday (October 1), the Grammy Award-winning artist jokingly suggested to his 7.2 million Twitter followers he was no longer gay.
“This gay shit was fun at first,” he wrote. “I miss pussy now.” This led many to believe Lil Nas X was actually bisexual or not even gay at all, but it turns out he may have been joking. The “Industry Baby” hitmaker later returned with a tweet signaling his man texted him back.
This piece of shit belongs to pop.. He is the furthest thing from hip hop and has one song of any real significance. This talentless troll has to say shit in the media in order to stay relevant… Why is that? Because his music is trash and he is talentless.
Wrong, he is part of hiphop, regardless of what some bigots think, sounds like you’re overcompensating for something
Sounds like you’re maddddd.. Someone who literally has to tell the world how gay he is, than how bi he is… than how straight he is.. has to sell satanic shoes which nike didn’t approve and says “fuck them kids” in regards to the influence he tries to put on kids in order to sell records is not hip hop.. its pop. Sooo sorry but… YOU’RE WRONG Tamara! His main hit record is partially a country record and he has no other records that fall under the classification of “hip hop” I’d say I’m sorry you’re maddd but I’m not
Industry Baby, Scoop, Dolla Slime Sign, Dead Right Now, Family, Rodeo, etc.
Never heard any of those songs.. I just hear him talk about being gay all time instead of promoting his “hiphop” whys that?
Get off social media and get in the booth! Get on your piano or whatever and perfect your craft! You are supposed to be a musician not just a political tool. You gotta be talented, not just hom0sexual
Gay ass niqqa should not get any respect from hip-hop cuz hip-hop ain’t for gays
That’s so ignorant! and homophobic!!!Music is Music for real! And check it out there’s a whole lot of gays in the industry they may not be out of the closet but they are definitely there believe it!
Shut the fuck up, fucking homo!
And that’s word to Bambata and Mr. Cee
True!
Nah, not apart of our community. If he thinks that than he needs to get in the booth and spit hot fiya….word to Dylan, Dylan, Dylan. Then we can discuss it.
I don’t even believe he wanted to come out as gay. But, in order to reach the status he’s at now, he sold his soul. Old Town Road was a monster record that had crazy commercial appeal and success. It was impossible for him to top that, so what’s the next biggest thing, no one wanted to come out as in the Culture! A young black openly gay rapper! Nobody would go that far, but after Old Town Road, he wanted to be famous. So he chose to be the poster black kid for the LGBTQ
I would buy that if he didn’t have a Nicki Minaj fan page for 2 years. Like the boy is a Barb. You can’t fake that and it was WAY before he was famous.
He has never been a part of hiphop. Oh, he raps in a few songs, so what? Blondie’s Rapture is a great rap song. Are they part of the culture? Mike Patton has a full length album with the X-ecutioners. Is he hiphop? Britney raps in Brave New Girl, she has songs with Ying Yang Twins, Waka Flocka, Puffy, will.i.am and Pharrell. Is she a part of hiphop? Lil Nas X is a wack pop artist with zero talent. And he’s not a part of hiphop music because he’s gay, but because he doesn’t make hiphop.
Lil Nas X has the longest charting hip-hop song of all time. Deal with it. If you accept it, it hurts less. Smiley face emoji.
why is he even a part of the hiphop conversation?! I wasnt even aware he rapped! I thought he was some garbage ass pop bullshit.
Cuz is a whole mark from jelly stone park . On crip he ain’t no part of hip hop. I’ll fire on cuz.
You’ll fire your cosplay crip booth hole on cuz. Closet homo. You’re a catcher. Not a pitcher. You’re getting fired on. Fake crip ass joto.
All yall sound dumb AF. Let the man be gay and take dick up his ass. Dont yall know the more gays we have on this planet, the less we have to compete for women. More gays means more available women. Its not rocket science
I love the “talentless” arguments from the closeted gay weirdos. Let’s track this… dude made a song in a basement with zero record deal, zero advance or money, no big name producer… he made a diamond certified song that was the most viewed HIP-HOP video of all time and the longest charting #1 song in billboard history. Idiots. If that isn’t talent, what is living in your moms house and working at Taco Bell? I’ve never been a fan of this guy’s. I live the way he kisses off stupid people.
Numbers aren’t a sign of talent. Numbers are a sign of the times. Do you hear all the other dumb shit kids listen to? Just because kids like it, doesn’t make it good….
True talk
I thought he was going to be a one hit wonder, but I was surprised at how good he is at making songs. Mind you the songs aren’t hard and wouldn’t have passed for hip hop in the 90s, but are perfect for the Juice WRLD fans out there.
Hrs as much a part of the culture as Drakes singing ass
that’s the reason hip hop got taken over – straight up idiocy. we can’t have nice things. people think rap is all eating out of trash cans and stupid ass gang shit so any clown can take Nas name act sweet and say they are rappers
That’s the only reason I question his music. It’s a free world, he can do whatever pleases him. But associating his style with Nas I what I don’t like cos lil Nas and NAS are world apart.
the only thing fake street killers did was kill hip hop and that’s one thing you can’t put on lil trans x
He’s a performer, entertainer, etc who mixes genres and relies on shock value. Whatever, let him do his thing. There’s nothing hip hop about him or his music.
I’m tired of artists and Hollywood elite blasting their sexual preferences to the world to garner fans while pretending it’s some risky brave admission to the world. Straight artists don’t come out and blast their sexual preference to the world, there’s no money in it. I’m often baffled why the LBGTQ community is OK with people taking advantage of their following to catapult their careers?