I really hope y’all don’t do the same thing to that y’all did to Frank Ocean ?♀️ What’s their preference got to do with their talent ? My Name Is James July 1, is the hero we need in these trying times He likes horses /2aPUnUA5XuĪll I need is for to confirm that he’s talking about riding an actual horse then we all good pimp! ✊? Be happy!Ĭause if you had us singing about riding ? I’m bout to be highly upset.
See what people had to say about Lil Nas X’s news below… The track originally hit the internet in December of last year but gained global acclaim through its uber-successful 2019 remix with Billy Ray Cyrus. It’s always great to see someone living in their truth.Īs you all may know, Lil Nas X rose to prominence with his country-rap single “Old Town Road”. “so that’s what he meant by ride til i cant no more ?” /U5kck2rMYT He further sent social media into a frenzy with these trolling tweets below. A commenter also asked Lil Nas X if he was joking, and he replied: “I’m gay as a joke.” “Just cuz I’m gay don’t mean I’m gay,” he wrote under one of his Instagram posts. The Atlanta-born artist’s semi “announcement” sparked a couple of reactions from fans, and his responses were quite comical. This comes right on the heels of Lil Nas going viral for a speech encouraging his fans to be delusional in. 1 on the Hot 100, where it enjoyed a comfortable reign and eventually was embraced by the Nashville establishment.He then went on to post a photo of the cover of his debut EP, 7, which was released on June 21st, pointing out the rainbow-colored skyscrapers in the background.ĭeadass thought i made it obvious /HFCbVqBkLM But the real focus point for fans was that Lil Nas wants them to get even more gay. The song climbed Billboard’s country charts before it was removed for being too hip-hop and not country enough.
The artist rose to fame this year after going viral when he posted the down-home sounding “Old Town Road” to SoundCloud. Lil Nas X was swiftly met with mixed reactions on Twitter, including applause for his bravery and speaking his truth, and homophobic reactions and criticism that he was now alienating his hetero-male fan base. (Billy Ray Cyrus was featured on the Atlanta rapper’s mega-hit “Old Town Road.”) They also came just after his triumphant reception at England’s Glastonbury music festival, where he performed with Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus. The tweets landed on the same day that thousands of people across the country marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and celebrated LGBTQ pride. Reps for the artist declined to comment on the tweets and song. By Monday, he was joking about typo-inclined responses that he received, tweeting, yes, indeed, he had come out as “a guy.” The 20-year-old then followed up that tweet with another saying, “thought i made it obvious,” including a photo of him as a cowboy riding toward buildings decked out with rainbow lighting for Pride Month. During his Saturday Night Live musical guest debut on May 22, the 22-year-old rapper and singer made a colorful cameo in the pre-recorded 'Pride. “C7losure,” from last month’s Columbia Records EP “7,” begins with the lyrics: “True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free.” He then continues: “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.” Lil Nas X is getting in the spirit of Pride Month. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he wrote Sunday, adding a rainbow emoji that has become a symbol for the LGBTQ community. “Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more.
The country-music rapper closed out Pride Month all but saying so in a series of rainbow-hued tweets pointing fans to his song “C7osure (You Like)” and acknowledging that it might make them lose interest in him. It turns out he did, the Los Angeles Times has confirmed. “Old Town Road” phenom Lil Nas X made some major allusions on Sunday, leading many to believe that he came out as gay.