As Lil Nas X be bolr his lyrics and creative visn, he transcends nf of "The Gay Rapper" stereotype, rvg out space as an unapologetic msiah for today's queer generatn.
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LIL NAS X AND JACK HARLOW GO TO ‘GAY PRISON’ FOR HOT, PK ‘INDTRY BABY’ VIO
* industry baby gay parody lyrics *
“[I] lerally went to hell and twerked on satan but gay prison is where you draw the le?! Lil Nas X Do It Aga And Go Even Further Wh 'INDUSTRY BABY': #NowPlayg As Lil Nas X be bolr his lyrics and creative visn, he transcends nf of "The Gay Rapper" stereotype, rvg out space as an unapologetic msiah for today's queer generatn. Lil Nas X is unprecented: he emerged om the pths of stan Twter to take over the pop charts, all the while growg as an unabashedly gay rapper.
The song is one of his bt, but s real power om the acpanyg, highly-stylized vio where Lil Nas X breaks out of a prison populated wh Black gay men (and, for an unspecified reason, Jack Harlow an unseemly role as the Straight Whe Savr who livers a verse that is mid at bt and appropriate at worst). Bee of stctural vlence herent this untry's rceral system, posng the stutn as a gay utopia is a risky choice. However, when nsirg Lil Nas X's reer path, Montero State Prison is a settg that mirrors realy; as he is repeatedly cricized by evangelil Christians and Twter trolls alike for elevatg gay reprentatn — particularly for the prison's namake, his last sgle "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" — 's unrstandable Lil Nas X would nsir homophobia a prison, clstrophobic and imposg, pecially the mic dtry.