Lil Nas X has remained firm in his pivot to Christian music, but not all adherents of the faith are thrilled to have him in their space.
On Tuesday (January 9), the Georgia native trolled his religious critics with a series of posts on social media. Among them was an altered admission letter to an evangelical Christian school as well as a clip of him dressed as Jesus Christ while taking back-to-back shots of wine and chomping down communion crackers.
AD LOADING...
Soon after, professional boxer Ryan Garcia shared a pair of since-deleted tweets about the above antics, writing:”“Christian family where are you??? As someone who loves God and is a Christian, I find this one of the most disrespectful and disturbing things someone can do.
“Even if you aren’t Christian this isn’t okay I wouldn’t disrespect someone’s belief and I’m hurt and furious at the same time. More so hurt.”
AD LOADING...
He added: “Pray for Lil Nas X. Although it may enrage Christians, what he is doing, we are called to pray for our adversaries. So lift him up in prayer so he can see what he is actually doing. Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul. Love one another.”
Check out the tweets below:
Lil Nas X called out by boxer Ryan Garcia for "disrespectful" Christian anticshttps://t.co/52WCdDsvQrpic.twitter.com/NdWxgxeLEJ
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) January 11, 2024
Last month, Tyrese also made it known that he’s not a fan of Lil Nas X’s incoming Christian era, which the rapper and singer has been promoting endlessly on social media.
“Y’all gone learn to stop playing with God … God is not to be played with … From shoes with devil signs and devils blood in the [shoe] sole?” he wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post by The Shade Room about the genre shift.”
He went on: “We can all change I get it but I feel a way about people making a mockery about Jesus. Do you, life your life .. Do what makes you happy but yall better stop playing with Jesus out here.”
The above criticism was the result of the “Industry Baby” hitmaker’s early preview of an unreleased guitar-driven track that finds him rocking straight hair while singing in the passenger seat of a truck.
AD LOADING...
“Father stretch my hands/ The lonely road seems to last the longest/ Help me with my plans/ Everything seems to go to nowhere/ Free me from worry/ Free me from all this envy in me,” he croons in the clip, which he captioned: “Y’all mind if I enter my Christian era?”
