Lil Nas X tried to expla why he me out as gay. Then Kev Hart terpted him | CNN

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• 'OLD TOWN ROAD' RAPPER LIL NAS X APPEARS TO E OUT AS GAY
• LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
• LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY
• HOW LIL NAS X IS REVOLUTNIZG HIP-HOP AS AN EMPOWERED GAY STAR
•  P DIDDY GAY RAPPER CRYPTIC TWEET LIL NAS X BET AWARDS 2021 PERFORMANCE MONTERO KISS ON STAGE
• LIL NAS X TEMPORARILY DECIS HE'S NOT GAY AFTER LOSG AT THE GRAMMYS
• LIL NAS X ON COMG OUT AS GAY: I PLANNED ON DYG WH A SECRET
• 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
• 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

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.

LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM

“He said he was gay, ” Hart said. “Homosexualy, gay people, ” Lil Nas said. 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.

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.

LIL NAS X COM OUT AS GAY

"Homosexualy, gay people, " Lil Nas said.

HOW LIL NAS X IS REVOLUTNIZG HIP-HOP AS AN EMPOWERED GAY STAR

—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. Today (June 30), Lil Nas X me out as gay, a source close to the suatn tells Pchfork. "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.

 P DIDDY GAY RAPPER CRYPTIC TWEET LIL NAS X BET AWARDS 2021 PERFORMANCE MONTERO KISS ON STAGE

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 TEMPORARILY DECIS HE'S NOT GAY AFTER LOSG AT THE GRAMMYS

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! 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 ON COMG OUT AS GAY: I PLANNED ON DYG WH A SECRET

” 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.

LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. KEV HART: “SO WHAT?”

“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?

He says he realized he was gay as early as age 5. ” On his recent sgle “Sun Go Down, ” he sgs, “The gay thoughts would always hnt me / I prayed God would take om me.

LIL NAS X OPENED UP ABOUT THE MICROAGGRSNS HE EXPERIENCED BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY AND THE PRSURE HE’S FACED SCE

At first he nied nng the fan acunts, later claimg he was ncerned that people would thk meant he was gay — before he stopped rg about that. “Before that, there was a guy who wasn’t my boyiend, but we met middle school and we talked, after we both found out that each other were gay.

Enunterg homophobia “bred a lot of self-hate, ” he reveals, “but also ma me stronger.

Is P Diddy gay? The latter wrapped up his performance wh a passnate smooch wh a male backup dancer and Diddy’s cryptic tweet regardg the same backfired at him as the social media started speculatg he was gay. There have been mors the past of Diddy beg gay and has also faced the heat for not beg open about .

LIL NAS X RELLS FAY'S HEARTBREAKG REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY

” Twter ers did not waste any time to label him a homosexual and asked him to e out of the closet. The mors of Diddy beg gay also did the rounds on the Inter when Diddy hopped on a verse of rapper Blood Sugar’s 2018 song lled ‘Hope’. Renowned rapper 50 Cent, who has had a long-standg beef wh P Diddy, has lled the latter gay on several ocsns.

” Dpe gettg trolled for years, Diddy has neher nfirmed nor nied the gay mors. ‘Diddy is Gay perd no bate’.

E out the closet and show the world s ok to be GAY stop playg like you're NOT. ” Another shared, “Diddy fely gay for that tweet.