Lil Nas X feared g out as gay would alienate 'Old Town Road' fans

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Lil Nas X has rpond on Twter to people claimg that his viral h 'Old Town Road' is actually about gay sex.

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'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 * old town road gay *

— ✟ (@LilNasX) July 1, 2019Some fans are now also speculatg that Lil Nas X is actually bisexual, after he tweeted: "jt cuz i’m gay don’t mean i’m not straight" ntent is imported om twter.

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You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web cuz i’m gay don’t mean i’m not straight— ✟ (@LilNasX) July 1, 2019However Lil Nas X specifilly intifi is his bs, but 's still meangful for an artist wh such a vast young fanbase to be visibly, openly out. Though the track didn’t arrive as part of the realy show of s creator’s life — a rary the morn rerd dtry, which celebry narrative l, and another reason this song qualifi as a novelty — s ascent has drawn wele attentn to Lil Nas X’s inty as both a black man untry mic and a gay man may not have nscly serted those them to “Old Town Road” — then aga, he may have done precisely that — but when we look back at the song years om now will undoubtedly speak to of this plited Demento said that’s more typil of novelty songs than folks might assume; he ced “Monster Mash” and what tells about Amerins’ changg attus regardg Halloween the early 1960s. In an acpanyg terview, the 20-year-old rapper opened up about his cisn to e out as gay earlier this summer.

Acrdg to the Geia native, he was ially hant about g out bee he was tght om a young age that homosexualy “is never gog to be OK.

“I know the people who listen to this the most, and they’re not acceptg of homosexualy, ” he said, later explag that seeg celebratns of love durg June helped his worri subsi. Lil Nas X is lghg off homophobic ments after the viral "Old Town Road" rapper me out as gay bee … Can't nobody tell me Atlanta mician, 20, closed out Pri Month by revealg his sexual orientatn through song lyrics.

“OLD TOWN ROAD” RAPPER LIL NAS X REVEALS WHAT PHED HIM TO COME OUT AS GAY

He tweeted Monday, "jt cuz i’m gay don’t mean i’m not straight. "'Thought i ma obv': 'Old Town Road' rapper Lil Nas X out as gayThe homophobic ments didn't stop there. On an Instagram post meant to celebrate his song's historic n on the Billboard charts, Lil Nas X received ments bashg his inty, rangg om "Can you not be gay" to "He's gay I'm no longer listeng to this (expletive)" to "U still gay tho.

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"Jt got news that i’m gay and i will no longer be streamg my mic. He wrote, "say one more (homophobic) thg to me. Lil Nas X nfirmed the speculatn Monday, tweetg, "jt cuz i’m gay don’t mean i’m not straight.

Lil Nas X has rpond to people claimg that his viral h ‘Old Town Road’ is actually about gay sex.

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The theori first began when the rapper me out as gay yterday (June 30), the fal day of Pri Month, as fans started lookg for hidn meangs. On the tally dated July 6, 2019, "Old Town Road" surpassed Emem's "Lose Yourself, " The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow, " and Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Aga, " which each spent 12 weeks at June 30, 2019, the last day of Gay Pri Month, Lil Nas X dited he was gay by tweetg, "Some of y'all already know, some of y'all don't re, some of y'all not gone fwm no more. But before this month ends i want y'all to listen closely to c7osure"The rapper clud a rabow emoji his tweet, and dropped several other hts that he was gay subsequent tweets.

LIL NAS X WAS WORRIED G OUT AS GAY WOULD ALIENATE 'OLD TOWN ROAD' FANS

"After the tweet dropped, some speculated there were some Easter eggs "Old Town Road" about him beg gay. Lil Nas X, the rapper rponsible for the mega-h untry-rap sensatn "Old Town Road, " me out as gay June to ci wh Pri Month. “I know the people who listen to this the most, and they’re not acceptg of homosexualy, ” Lil Nas X said a ver story for Time, notg that he was brought up to believe that beg gay "is never gog to be OK.

”Origal story:'Old Town Road' rapper Lil Nas X out as gay: 'Thought i ma obv'On June 30, the Atlanta artist suggted fans take a close look at the lyrics to one of his songs, promptg some fans to wonr if he was g out.

He later nfirmed the speculatn, tweetg, "jt cuz i’m gay don’t mean i’m not straight. "I don’t want to jt live my entire life, pecially how I got to where I’m at, jt not dog what I want to do, " he an Instagram post July meant to celebrate his song's historic n on the Billboard charts, Lil Nas X received ments bashg his inty, rangg om "Can you not be gay" to "He's gay I'm no longer listeng to this (expletive)" to "U still gay tho. "But the rapper is keepg thgs light: "Jt got news that i’m gay and i will no longer be streamg my mic.

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'Old Town Road' rapper Lil Nas X appears to e out as gay .

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