A celebry who’s been cricized over his anti-gay past lectured Lil Nas X about homophobia and g out.
Contents:
- 'OLD TOWN ROAD' RAPPER LIL NAS X APPEARS TO E OUT AS GAY
- LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY WORLD PRI POST: 'I THOUGHT I MA IT OBV'
- LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY
- LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
- HOW LIL NAS X IS REVOLUTNIZG HIP-HOP AS AN EMPOWERED GAY STAR
- LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. KEV HART: “SO WHAT?”
- LIL NAS X OPENED UP ABOUT THE MICROAGGRSNS HE EXPERIENCED BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY AND THE PRSURE HE’S FACED SCE
- “OLD TOWN ROAD” RAPPER LIL NAS X REVEALS WHAT PHED HIM TO COME OUT AS GAY
- LIL NAS X SEEMGLY OUT AS GAY ON LAST DAY OF PRI MONTH
- LIL NAS X RELLS FAY'S HEARTBREAKG REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY
'OLD TOWN ROAD' RAPPER LIL NAS X APPEARS TO E OUT AS GAY
"Old Town Road" sger Lil Nas X appears to e out as gay, after the fd between Nicki Maj and Cardi B igned mors about his sexualy * lil nas x comes out as gay *
"I know we promised to never e out publicly, I know we promised to never be ‘that’ type of gay person, I know we promised to die wh the secret, but this will open doors for many other queer people to simply exist, " he add that g out was difficult for him, and people acced him of "phg an agenda. He said he was raised to believe that homosexualy "is never gog to be OK, " and he was aaid he would alienate fans.
“I know the people who listen to this the most, and they’re not acceptg of homosexualy, ” he said at the, durg Pri Month, he changed his md.
LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY WORLD PRI POST: 'I THOUGHT I MA IT OBV'
Rapper Lil Nas X wr a note to his 14-year-old self about g out as gay. * lil nas x comes out as gay *
Lil Nas X end pri month by g out as gay. Today (June 30), Lil Nas X me out as gay, a source close to the suatn tells Pchfork.
LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY
Lil Nas X says g out gay was "one of the srit moments of my life" but don't regret standg up and settg an example for the LGBTQ muny. * lil nas x comes out as gay *
Lil Nas X is gettg praise for how he handled a nversatn about homosexualy wh edian Kev Hart. Before the rapper uld rpond, Hart – who stepped down om hostg the Osrs 2018 after homophobic tweets he’d ma years earlier rurfaced – terjected. “He said he was gay, ” Hart said.
“Homosexualy, gay people, ” Lil Nas said.
LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
Wh hs like 'Indtry Baby' and the upg release of album 'Montero,' Lil Nas X emerg as an empowered gay man revolutnizg mic. * lil nas x comes out as gay *
Lil Nas posted a seri of tweets on the last day of Pri month, where he tend to share wh his followers that he intifi as gay. A seri of homophobic tweets Hart ma between 2009 and 2011 drew public scty late last year. "After the "Old Town Road" rapper explaed that he grew up "to hate this s---, " reference to beg gay, edian Kev Hart terjected and asked Nas said that "if you're really om the hood, you know, " and add that he wanted to show that "the ol du wh the song on top of everythg" g out meant "don't really matter.
HOW LIL NAS X IS REVOLUTNIZG HIP-HOP AS AN EMPOWERED GAY STAR
Lil Nas X got ndid about why he chose to e out as gay on an episo of HBO's "The Shop" — and his fans have taken to Twter to fend the talk show, which is executive produced by NBA superstar LeBron Jam, Lil Nas was joed by a few guts cludg actor and edian Kev Hart and the show's -creator Pl Rivera. "Homosexualy, gay people, " Lil Nas said. —Nicki_Nicki_Nicki (@All_NickiMaj) September 4, 2019—David (@Dreams_on_Paper) September 4, 2019—Commanr Slay (@natayiu) September 4, 2019Hart, who apologized for homophobic jok he ma durg his stand-ups earlier this year, ma a pot to tell Lil Nas that " no way, shape or form" he had to fend who he is (a part that wasn't the clip shared to Twter).
However, some people on Twter thought the edian me on too strong, pecially due to his prev homophobic jok. The rapper and sger me out as gay June 2019 and acknowledged an terview at the time that LGBTQ+ people “aren’t really accepted” eher untry mic or rap muni.
LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. KEV HART: “SO WHAT?”
He also touched on how the mic dtry wants to package gay artists. “It’s always been, ‘OK, if you’re gay, this needs to be sanised. It’s like, ‘Be gay whout beg gay.
Last year, Lil Nas X said he felt “bad” for DaBaby after the rapper suffered huge backlash for makg homophobic ments onstage.
LIL NAS X OPENED UP ABOUT THE MICROAGGRSNS HE EXPERIENCED BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY AND THE PRSURE HE’S FACED SCE
Lil Nas X don't regret g out even though he says was an act he “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" rapper and sger relled the time he me out publicly as gay the summer of 2019 while acceptg the Native Son award, an honor that regniz Black gay and queer male lears, a virtual ceremony that was streamed on Lil Nas X on Jan, 26, 2020.
"i know we promised to never e out publicly, i know we promised to never be ‘that’ type of gay person, i know we promised to die wh the secret, but this will open doors for many other queer people to simply exist, " he wrote part.
“OLD TOWN ROAD” RAPPER LIL NAS X REVEALS WHAT PHED HIM TO COME OUT AS GAY
What a difference a few trmatic months n make: The Nas who has reemerged is, he says, “a totally different person” — an outspoken and empowered gay man unaaid to exprs tth his art. And while he avoids makg grandse statements about beg a pneer or a trailblazer for the LGBTQ muny — “Let’s fuck’ go, gay agenda!
LIL NAS X SEEMGLY OUT AS GAY ON LAST DAY OF PRI MONTH
Rap and R&B artists om Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator (both of whom Nas acknowledg as spiratns) to Azealia Banks, Le1f and Janelle Monáe have announced, acknowledged, kd of acknowledged or simply not nied beg gay or bisexual. “Hontly, I believe the panmic helped me get out of the ia of tryg to please everybody, and the ia of ‘He’s a ol gay person; he’s an acceptable gay person, ’” Nas says.
’ Y’all hate gay ppl and don’t hi .
LIL NAS X RELLS FAY'S HEARTBREAKG REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY
” On a lighter, more characteristic note, shortly after he me out publicly, he tweeted: “Jt got news that I’m gay and I will no longer be streamg my mic. Intentnally or not, his prence as a proud, succsful gay man has led others to reveal their prejudic. At the time of this story’s publitn, no fewer than five major rappers — none of whom Nas had mentned songs or statements — have publicly and flagrantly displayed their homophobia rponse to his stance, most promently DaBaby.
“Historilly, there has been a lot of homophobia the hip-hop world, ” John ntu. “The hont tth is, I don’t want to speak on a lot of the homophobia wh rap bee I feel like this is a very dangero playg field, ” he says.
“And I was really happy to see such an artsy gay film, you know?