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Lil Nas X

April 08, 2023

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), known by his stage name Lil Nas X (/nɑːz/ NAHZ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single "Old Town Road",[1] which first achieved viral popularity in early 2019 before climbing music charts internationally and becoming diamond certified by November of that same year, moving over ten million certified units in streaming and sales combined.

Lil Nas X
Born
Montero Lamar Hill

(1999-04-09) April 9, 1999 (age 23)
Lithia Springs, Georgia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of West Georgia (no degree)
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present
AwardsFull list
Musical career
OriginAustell, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsColumbia
Partner(s)Take a Daytrip
Websitewww.welcometomontero.com

"Old Town Road" spent 19 weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the longest-running number-one song since the chart debuted in 1958.[2] Several remixes of the song were released, the most popular of which featured country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. As "Old Town Road" was atop the Hot 100, Lil Nas X came out as gay, becoming the only artist to do so while having a number-one record.[3]

Following the success of "Old Town Road", Lil Nas X released his debut extended play, titled 7, which spawned two further singles⁠, with "Panini" peaking at number five and "Rodeo" (featuring Cardi B or Nas) peaking at number 22 on the Hot 100. His debut studio album, Montero (2021), was supported by the chart-topping singles "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" and "Industry Baby" (with Jack Harlow) and the top-ten single "Thats What I Want", and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Lil Nas X was the most-nominated male artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards,[4] where he ultimately won awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. "Old Town Road" earned him two MTV Video Music Awards including Song of the Year, and the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song; Lil Nas X is also the first openly LGBT Black artist to win a Country Music Association award.[5] Time named him as one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet in 2019,[6] and he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2020.[7]

Early life and education

Montero Lamar Hill was born in Lithia Springs, Georgia,[8] on April 9, 1999.[9] He was named after the Mitsubishi Montero.[10] His parents divorced when he was six,[11] and he settled in the Bankhead Courts housing project with his mother and grandmother. Three years later, he moved in with his father, a gospel singer,[11] north of the city in Austell. Although initially reluctant to leave, he later regarded it as an important decision, "There's so much shit going on in Atlanta—if I would have stayed there, I would have fallen in with the wrong crowd."[12] He started "using the Internet heavily right around the time when memes started to become their own form of entertainment"; about when he was 13.[13]

He spent much of his teenage years alone, and turned to the Internet, "particularly Twitter, creating memes that showed his disarming wit and pop-culture savvy."[11] His teenage years also saw him struggling with his coming out to himself as being gay; he prayed that it was just a phase,[14][15] but around 16 or 17 he came to accept it.[16] He began playing trumpet in the fourth grade and was first chair by his junior high years, but quit out of fear of looking uncool.[17]

Hill attended Lithia Springs High School, from which he graduated in 2017.[18] He then enrolled at the University of West Georgia, where he majored in computer science, but later dropped out after one year to pursue a musical career.[19] During this time, he stayed with his sister and supported himself with jobs at Zaxby's restaurants and the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park.[12] In September 2019 he revisited his high school to perform a surprise concert.[20]

Career

2015–2017: Internet personality

Hill said he began to isolate himself from "outside-of-class activities" during his teenage years. He spent large amounts of time online in hopes of building a following as an internet personality to promote his work, but was unsure what to focus on creatively. In a Rolling Stone interview he stated, "I was doing Facebook comedy videos, then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter ... where I really was a master. That was the first place where I could go viral."[21] He also posted short-format comedy videos on Facebook and Vine.[12]

During this period, he reportedly created and ran Nicki Minaj fan accounts on Twitter, including one called "@NasMaraj", according to a New York Magazine investigation.[22][23] In 2017, this account gained attention for its flash fiction-style interactive "scenario threads" popularized on Twitter using dashboard app TweetDeck.[24][25][22] The investigation linked @NasMaraj to the practice of "Tweetdecking", or using multiple accounts in collaboration to artificially make certain tweets go viral. The @NasMaraj account was suspended by Twitter due to "violating spam policies".[22] After the suspension of @NasMaraj, New York Magazine's investigation concluded that he subsequently opened a new account with handle "@NasMarai", and that his current Twitter account at the time was a repurposed version of that "@NasMarai" account with a changed handle.[22] After media reports linked Lil Nas X to the Minaj fan accounts, he called the reports a "misunderstanding", effectively denying having run the accounts.[26][27] However, in May 2020, Lil Nas X admitted, in a tweet, to being a fan of Minaj. He explained why he initially denied it, stating that if people knew he was a fan of hers, they would think he was gay: "People will assume if you had an entire fan page dedicated to nicki u are gay. and the rap/music industry ain't exactly built or accepting of gay men yet". On June 17, 2020, Minaj responded to Nas, tweeting "It was a bit of a sting when you denied being a barb, but I understand. Congratulations on building up your confidence to speak your truth". Lil Nas apologized to Minaj, saying he "felt so bad, hoping u wouldn't see my denial".[28] The @NasMarai account was later mentioned in a New York Times Magazine article, which described Hill as having spent "every waking hour online, tweeting as @nasmaraj".[29] It is also referenced in the music video for "Sun Goes Down", which shows Lil Nas X's many struggles growing up as a closeted teen and embracing his sexuality; he is seen tweeting while in high school from an account named "nasmiraj" as the lyrics "I'd be by the phone, stanning Nicki morning into dawn" play.[30][original research?]

Sometime in the year 2018, Hill landed on music as a path to success, and started writing and recording songs in his closet.[11] He adopted the name Lil Nas X, which is a tribute to the rapper Nas.[31] On July 24, 2018, Lil Nas released his first mixtape Nasarati on SoundCloud, though it was not received with immediate fame; Nasarati would be removed from streaming services soon after the release of Old Town Road due to a copyright conflict and therefore would never gain significant traction.[32] In late October 2018, he happened to hear the beat that would become "Old Town Road".[11]

2018–2019: Breakthrough with "Old Town Road" and 7

Main article: Old Town Road
 
Lil Nas X in April 2019

On December 3, 2018, Lil Nas X released the country rap song "Old Town Road".[a] He bought the beat for the song anonymously on beat-selling platform BeatStars from Dutch producer YoungKio for $30;[45][46] it samples Nine Inch Nails' track "34 Ghosts IV" from their sixth studio album Ghosts I–IV (2008).[47] He recorded at a "humble" Atlanta studio, CinCoYo, on their "$20 Tuesdays" taking less than an hour.[48] Lil Nas X began creating memes to promote "Old Town Road" before it was picked up by short-form video social media TikTok users.[9][49] TikTok encourages its 500 million global users to "endless imitation", with videos generating copies usually using the same music; the "app's frantic churn of content ...acts as a potent incubator for viral music hits."[50] Lil Nas X estimated he made about 100 memes to promote it;[11] the song went viral in early 2019 due to the #Yeehaw Challenge meme on TikTok. Millions of users posted videos of themselves dressed as a wrangler or cowgirl, with most #yeehaw videos using the song for their soundtrack; as of July 2019, they have been seen more than 67 million times.[9] Another core audience tied to social media is children who are hidden in the statistics of adult listeners.[51] Quartz.com says the song certainly owes part of its success to the demographic, and notes they are attracted to the song being repetitive, easy to sing along to, and using lyrics about riding horses and tractors, which children can relate to.[51] It debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, later climbing to number one.[52][53] The track also debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at number 19 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number 36.[54] After an "intense bidding war", Lil Nas X signed with Columbia Records in March 2019.[9] Billboard controversially removed the song from the Hot Country songs chart in March 2019 telling Rolling Stone:

When determining genres, a few factors are examined, but first and foremost is a musical composition. While "Old Town Road" incorporates references to country and cowboy imagery, it does not embrace enough elements of today's country music to chart in its current version.[55]

 
Lil Nas X at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards

In Robert Christgau's opinion, "Taking 'Old Town Road' off the country chart strikes me as racist pure and simple, because country radio remains racist regardless of the Darius Ruckers and Kane Browns it makes room for."[56] Another Billboard spokesperson told Genius, "Billboard's decision to take the song off of the country chart had absolutely nothing to do with the race of the artist."[55] Despite being removed from the main Country Songs chart, the song charted on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, debuting at 53,[57] and peaking at 50.[58] In response, Sony Music Nashville CEO Randy Goodman told Billboard that his team started testing the song in some country radio markets, adding "it would be negligent not to look at it".[57] In May 2019, the issues of racism in country music culture came up again when Wrangler announced its Lil Nas X collection, and some consumers threatened a boycott.[59] Media outlets also noted that the song brings attention to the historic cultural erasure of African-Americans from both country music and the American frontier era.[60][61][62][63]

Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus supported "Old Town Road",[64][non-primary source needed] and became the featured vocalist in an April 2019 remix, the first of several.[65][b] That same month, Lil Nas X broke Drake's record for the most U.S. streams from one song in one week with 143 million streams for the week ending April 11, surpassing Drake's "In My Feelings", which had 116.2 million streams in a week in July 2018;[70] as of August 2019 it has streamed over a billion plays on Spotify alone.[11] In May 2019, the video was released and as of August 2019, has over 370 million views.[67][71] NBC News's Michael Arceneaux wrote, "In the social media age, Lil Nas X is arguably the first micro-platform crossover star."[72]

"Panini" was released as Lil Nas X's second single through Columbia Records on June 20, 2019.[73][74] It is named after the fictional cabbit of the same name in the animated television series Chowder,[75] and does not refer to the sandwich of the same name. In mid-September 2019 "Panini" had its first remix released with rapper DaBaby.[76] Lil Nas X released his debut extended play, titled 7, on June 21, 2019.[77][78] The EP debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.[79] On June 23, 2019, Lil Nas X performed with Cyrus at the 2019 BET Awards.[80] On June 30, Lil Nas X made his international debut at the largest greenfield festival in the world, the UK's annual Glastonbury Festival, when he and Billy Ray Cyrus made a surprise appearance and joined Miley Cyrus for the song, before performing "Panini" solo in a set seen nationally on BBC.[81] On the same day, Lil Nas X became one of the most visible Black queer male singers when he came out as gay.[82] This was especially significant for an artist in the country and hip hop genres, both of which emphasize machismo and "historically snubbed queer artists".[82][c] Black queer male artists in hip hop having mainstream acceptance arguably started in 2012 with Frank Ocean's coming out just before Channel Orange was released.[82][83][84][d] Rolling Stone premiered the Rolling Stone Top 100 in early July with three Lil Nas X songs: "Rodeo" with Cardi B at number nine; "Panini" at four; and "Old Town Road" as the first-ever number-one song on the chart.[86][e]

On August 19, 2019, Lil Nas X opened for Katy Perry at a concert Amazon held for its employees to celebrate its Prime Day sale.[87]

2020–2022: Montero

On July 7, 2020, Lil Nas X revealed that his debut album was "almost finished". He also stated that he was working on a mixtape, and invited producers to submit their beats for his new music.[88] On July 10, he teased the release of a new song titled "Call Me by Your Name", posting a snippet of it online.[89][90][non-primary source needed] On November 8, 2020, he announced a new single, "Holiday", which was released on November 13.[91] On Roblox, a virtual concert was held to promote Lil Nas X's single, with Lil Nas X-related items in the game's avatar shop.[92] The single debuted at 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the song's music video accumulated tens of millions of views within the first several weeks of release.

In January 2021, he released a children's book, C Is for Country.[93] The following month, he again previewed the song, "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" in a Super Bowl LV commercial.[94] The song was officially released on March 26, 2021, along with an accompanying music video.[95] On the same day, Lil Nas X revealed that his debut album would be named Montero, and that it would be released in mid-2021.[96][non-primary source needed] The video prompted strong reactions. The song was seen by many as a valuable expression of queerness, though prominent conservative and Christian figures accused Lil Nas X of sacrilege and devil worship.[97][98] Despite the controversy, "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lil Nas X's second chart-topping single and third top-ten single.

On March 29, 2021, Lil Nas X partnered with New York-based art collective MSCHF to release a modified pair of Nike Air Max 97s called Satan Shoes, which may be seen on Satan's feet in the music video used to promote the release of "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)".[99][100] The shoes are black and red with a bronze pentagram, filled with "60cc and 1 drop of human blood". Only 666 pairs were made at a price of $1,018. Nike said they were uninvolved in the creation and promotion of the shoes and did not endorse the messages of Lil Nas X or MSCHF.[101] The company filed a trademark lawsuit against MSCHF in New York federal court. On April 1, the judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the sale and distribution of the shoes pending a preliminary injunction.[102] Lil Nas X responded to the lawsuit with a meme on Twitter showing himself as the character Squidward, homeless and asking for money.[103] Later, he released a prelude video for the song "Industry Baby", which stages a fake "Nike vs. Lil Nas X" trial in the Supreme Court, during which people discuss the Satan Shoes before condemning the singer for being gay.[104]

Following the controversies surrounding his previous song and its promotion, Lil Nas X released the more introspective single "Sun Goes Down" on May 21, 2021,[105] wherein he reflects on his struggles with bullying and coming to terms with his homosexuality in his upbringing.[106] He performed the song alongside "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" at Saturday Night Live a day later, where he suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a pole dance routine when the seam of his trousers split, leaving him unable to finish it properly.[107] On June 29, Lil Nas posted a promotional video of his debut album, ending it with Montero, the Album. He also posted a snippet of a previously teased track called "Industry Baby".[108]

On July 16, Lil Nas X posted a video on TikTok claiming that he had an upcoming court hearing regarding the Satan Shoes three days later.[109] However, on July 19, 2021, he posted a spoof of the legal debacle on YouTube, marketing his new single "Industry Baby".[110] The song was released on July 23, featuring rapper Jack Harlow with production by Kanye West and Take a Daytrip.[111] The song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the chart for the ending week of October 23, 2021, becoming Lil Nas X's fourth top-ten single and third number one.

On September 17, 2021, Montero was released, along with its fourth single, "Thats What I Want".[112][113] On October 23, 2021, Lil Nas X made a surprise appearance at Diplo's set at Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. During the appearance he performed "Industry Baby", "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", and "Old Town Road".[114]

On April 26, 2022, he announced his first concert tour, the Long Live Montero Tour. The tour was in support of Montero, and began in September 2022 and ran through January 2023.[115]

2022–present: Upcoming second studio album

On March 16, 2022, Lil Nas X returned from his hiatus, and teased two songs from his "almost finished" new album, "Late to da Party" featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and "Down Souf Hoes" featuring Saucy Santana.[116] He also posted a preview of the track "Lean on My Body".[117] On June 24, 2022, Lil Nas X released "Late to da Party", and later clarified via Twitter that it was "not a lead single".[118][119][120][non-primary source needed] Lil Nas X said that the album would be "something fun, something for the summertime, something for the girls to get ready and party to".[121]

On his Long Live Montero Tour, Lil Nas X performed his then-unreleased single Star Walkin' and the intro to Down Souf Hoes. On October 19, 2022, he invited Saucy Santana on his tour to perform an additional unheard verse of Down Souf Hoes.[122]

On September 15, 2022, Riot Games, the developers of the video game League of Legends, announced a collaboration with Lil Nas X for the 2022 League of Legends World Championship through a press release, where they also declared him to be "President of League of Legends", in what Kotaku journalist Isaiah Colbert called a publicity stunt.[123][124] The anthem for the tournament, "Star Walkin'", was released on September 22 with an accompanying animated music video.[125] He performed the song at the opening ceremony of the tournament on November 5. Additionally, a custom outfit for a playable character in the game co-designed by Lil Nas X will be made available temporarily in November.[123]

Musical style and influences

Lil Nas X's musical style has been described as pop rap,[126][127][128] hip hop,[129][130][131] country rap,[132][133][134] trap,[131] pop rock,[131] pop,[131][135] and rock.[131]

He credits LGBTQ artists Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator as inspirations and for "making it easier for me to be where I am, comfortably."[136] Lil Nas X also cites Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Drake, Miley Cyrus and Doja Cat as some of his biggest influences.[137][138][139] In 2019 he said, "I grew up off the Internet, so my influences come from all over musically." He grew up listening to hip hop artists such as Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi and Lil Uzi Vert.[140][141]

Impact

In July 2019, Time named him one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet for his "global impact on social media", and "overall ability to drive news".[142] In late July 2019, the MTV Video Music Award (VMA) nominations were announced, with Lil Nas X receiving eight.[143][f] He performed "Panini", an "ode to the cartoon rabbit of the same name from Cartoon Network's Chowder", with a troupe of "Tron-inflected dancers" at the 2019 MTV VMAs,[144] where he also won two awards: Song of the Year, for which he is the first openly LGBTQ person to do so;[145] and the video's Calmatic for Best Direction.[146] He was nominated for five fan-chosen 2019 Teen Choice Awards, winning Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song for the Cyrus remix of "Old Town Road".[147][g] "Old Town Road" is also the YouTube top song of the summer in the U.S. and over fifty other countries and territories; it is also their second top global song of the summer.[149] Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' remix also won the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards collaboration category, CMA Music Event of the Year; Lil Nas X is the first out gay man to ever be nominated for a CMA award, and the only openly LGBTQ person to win.[150][151][5] Vox noted the Event Award is not a part of the CMA televised celebration, and they snubbed Lil Nas X from bigger appropriate categories.[152] The "Old Town Road" remix with Cyrus has been nominated for a People's Choice Award for Song of 2019, Lil Nas X was also nominated for "Male Artist of 2019" at the 45th People's Choice Awards.[153] In October, at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards Lil Nas X, with Cyrus, won for Best Collab/Duo or Group, and Single of the Year.[154][155][h] In November 2019, Lil Nas X won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song, he was nominated for four others including three for "Old Town Road" featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.[i][156] In November 2019, Lil Nas X was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist, and eventually won Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.[157] Lil Nas X's success caused him to become the first person of color and the first openly gay performer to be listed by Forbes in its annual Highest-Paid Country Acts List.[158][159]

Ken Burns, who produced the PBS documentary Country Music, noted,

"Well, to me, Lil Nas X is my mic drop moment. We spend eight episodes and sixteen and a half hours talking about the fact that country music has never been one thing. ... And there's a huge African American influence, and it permeates throughout the whole story. ... And here we are in a new modern age that we're not touching, with all these classic, binary arguments about Billboard not listing ['Old Town Road'] on the country chart, and it turns out to be not just the No. 1 country hit but the No. 1 single, period, and it's by a black gay rapper! ... It just is proving that all of those cycles that we have been reporting on across the decades—all of the tensions in country music of race, class, poverty, gender, creativity versus commerce, geography—are still going on."[160]

In early July 2019, "Old Town Road" achieved its 13th week at the top spot on the Billboard 100, becoming the first hip hop song to do so.[161][j] It is also the first song to sell 10 million copies while in the top spot.[67][161] On its 15th week at the top, Lil Nas X became the first openly gay artist to have a song last as long, overtaking Elton John's 1997 Double A-Side—where both sides of the record are promoted as hits, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight".[3] At 19 weeks at number one, Lil Nas X holds the record for the most weeks since the chart was first introduced in 1958.[2][k] As of August 2019, the song has also charted 19 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart;[2] beating a three-way tie record.[163][l] At 19 weeks at the top of the Hot Rap Songs chart the song has also beaten a three-way tie.[2][m] By November 2019, the song was Diamond Certified, moving a combined sales and streaming 10 million units.[167]

Public image

Lil Nas X has been noted for his public fashions; in July 2019, Vogue noted Lil Nas X as a "master" at giving the cowboy aesthetic a glam look in his appearances and on Instagram.[168] His stylist, Hodo Musa, says he aims for items that are "electric, playful, colorful, and futuristic."[169] For his onstage look at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards he wore a cowboy motif cherry-red Nudie suit.[170] Wrangler, which is mentioned in the "Old Town Road" lyrics, has consistently sold out of Lil Nas X co-branded fashions.[171]

For the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards Lil Nas X wore several outfits including a head-to-toe couture fuchsia Versace suit with a pink harness that took 700 hours to construct.[172]

In July 2020, Lil Nas X modeled in a trailer video for a new skincare line by Rihanna's Fenty Beauty.[173]

In August 2021, Lil Nas X commented "Nah he tweakin" on an Instagram post about Tony Hawk selling skateboards painted with paint that contained his blood. It became a viral phenomenon for the next few days.[174][175] In 2021, he appeared on the Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[176]

Personal life

Coming out

In early June 2019, Lil Nas X came out to his sister and father and he felt "the universe was signalling him to do so", despite his uncertainty whether his fans would stick by him or not.[11] On June 30, 2019, the last day of Pride Month, Lil Nas X came out publicly as gay,[177][178] tweeting: "some of y'all already know, some of y'all don't care, some of y'all not gone [fuck with me] no more. but before this month ends i want y'all to listen closely to c7osure. 🌈🤩✨"[179][non-primary source needed] The tweet confirmed earlier suspicions when he first indicated this in his track "c7osure". Rolling Stone noted the song "touches on themes such as coming clean, growing up and embracing one's self".[180] The next day he tweeted again, this time highlighting the rainbow-colored building on the cover art of his EP 7, with the caption reading "deadass thought i made it obvious".[181][182] He was unambiguous in an interview several days later on BBC Breakfast, where he stated that he was gay and understands that his sexuality is not readily accepted in the country or rap music communities.[183]

The response to the news was mostly positive, but also garnered a large amount of homophobic backlash on social media, to which Lil Nas X also reacted.[182][184] The backlash also came from the hip hop community, drawing attention to homophobia in hip hop culture.[184][185] In January 2020, rapper Pastor Troy made homophobic comments on the outfit Lil Nas X wore during the Grammy Awards, to which Lil Nas X responded: "Damn I look good in that pic on god."[186]

In January 2023, Lil Nas X tweeted a new statement about his sexual orientation, writing "be [for real] would y’all be mad at me if i thought i was a little bisexual".[187][188][189] The next day, he tweeted "that was my last time coming out the closet i promise".[190][191]

Religion

Lil Nas X stated in September 2021 that he was an atheist "at one point," but is now "a very spiritual person in terms of the Universe, how everything works."[192]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Lil Nas X

Lil Nas X is the recipient of multiple awards including two Grammy Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, two BET Hip Hop Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards and two American Music Awards. He has also been awarded by Songwriters Hall of Fame as the youngest honoree of Hal David Starlight Award.

On September 1, 2021, The Trevor Project announced that Lil Nas X is the recipient of its inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year award.[193]

Discography

Main article: Lil Nas X discography

Studio albums

Tours

Filmography

Lil Nas X filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2021 Saturday Night Live Himself Musical guest (1 episode)
Dave Himself Episode: "Dave"
2022–23 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder June Bug (voice) 2 episodes

Written works

  • C Is for Country (2021)[194]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Old Town Road" has been variously described by publications as a country rap,[33][34][35][36] country,[37][38][39] trap,[40][41][42] or Southern hip hop song.[43] Lil Nas X stated that he regards it as a "country trap" song.[44]
  2. ^ The single's second official remix, "Old Town Road" (Diplo Remix), was released on April 29, 2019, featuring additional production by American DJ Diplo.[66] Mid-July 2019, an official remix of "Old Town Road" was released adding rapper Young Thug, and yodeler Mason Ramsey, to Billy Ray Cyrus.[67] In late July 2019, another remix called "Seoul Town Road" was released featuring South Korean rapper RM of the boyband BTS.[68] Billboard counts all the versions of the song in the same total.[69]
  3. ^ Rap is full of gay slurs like "sus", "No homo", and "Pause" using "queerness as a punchline".[82]
  4. ^ Other notable Black queer men gaining mainstream acceptance before Lil Nas X include: Tyler, the Creator; ILoveMakonnen; Brockhampton frontman Kevin Abstract; and Steve Lacy.[82] Black queer women artists have been accepted more readily;[82] while the queer hip hop movement goes back to the 1990s.[85]
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Top 100 tracks "the most popular songs of the week in the United States"; ranked by combining streams and sales, omitting radio plays.[86]
  6. ^ His nominations were for "Old Town Road": Song of the Year, Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Hip Hop, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Art Direction.[143] He is also up for the Best New Artist trophy.[143]
  7. ^ Lil Nas X was nominated for both "Choice Male Artist", and "Choice Breakout Artist"; "Old Town Road" was up for "Choice Song: Male Artist"; while the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus was also up for "Choice Collaboration".[148]
  8. ^ Lil Nas X was also nominated for 'Best New Hip-Hop Artist'.[154]
  9. ^ Lil Nas X was also nominated for: New Artist of the Year; and "Old Town Road" featuring Billy Ray Cyrus for Collaboration of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Song, and Favorite Music Video.
  10. ^ It surpassed three hip hop songs that were tied at twelve weeks each: "Lose Yourself" by Eminem (2002), "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas (2009), and "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (2015).[161] On its fourteenth week at the top, it was the tenth single to ever reach the mark, with Billboard noting all but two of the previous singles had been nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.[162]
  11. ^ Lil Nas X beat two songs tied at sixteen weeks for the longest time to do so; "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and R&B group Boyz II Men (1995–1996); and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (2017).
  12. ^ On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: at nineteen weeks it beats the three songs at eighteen weeks:
  13. ^ Three songs were tied at 18 weeks each: "Hot Boyz" by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Lil' Mo, Nas, Eve and Q-Tip (1999–2000); "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX (2014); and "Hotline Bling" by Drake (2015–2016).[166]

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External links

  • Official website  
  • Lil Nas X at IMDb  

April 08, 2023
montero, lamar, hill, born, april, 1999, known, stage, name, ɑː, nahz, american, rapper, singer, songwriter, rose, prominence, with, release, country, single, town, road, which, first, achieved, viral, popularity, early, 2019, before, climbing, music, charts, . Montero Lamar Hill born April 9 1999 known by his stage name Lil Nas X n ɑː z NAHZ is an American rapper singer and songwriter He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single Old Town Road 1 which first achieved viral popularity in early 2019 before climbing music charts internationally and becoming diamond certified by November of that same year moving over ten million certified units in streaming and sales combined Lil Nas XLil Nas X at the 2019 American Music AwardsBornMontero Lamar Hill 1999 04 09 April 9 1999 age 23 Lithia Springs Georgia U S EducationUniversity of West Georgia no degree OccupationsRapper singer songwriterYears active2015 presentAwardsFull listMusical careerOriginAustell Georgia U S GenresPop rap hip hop country rap trap pop rock pop rockInstrument s VocalsLabelsColumbiaPartner s Take a DaytripWebsitewww wbr welcometomontero wbr com Old Town Road spent 19 weeks atop the U S Billboard Hot 100 chart becoming the longest running number one song since the chart debuted in 1958 2 Several remixes of the song were released the most popular of which featured country singer Billy Ray Cyrus As Old Town Road was atop the Hot 100 Lil Nas X came out as gay becoming the only artist to do so while having a number one record 3 Following the success of Old Town Road Lil Nas X released his debut extended play titled 7 which spawned two further singles with Panini peaking at number five and Rodeo featuring Cardi B or Nas peaking at number 22 on the Hot 100 His debut studio album Montero 2021 was supported by the chart topping singles Montero Call Me by Your Name and Industry Baby with Jack Harlow and the top ten single Thats What I Want and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards Lil Nas X was the most nominated male artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards 4 where he ultimately won awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo Group Performance Old Town Road earned him two MTV Video Music Awards including Song of the Year and the American Music Award for Favorite Rap Hip Hop Song Lil Nas X is also the first openly LGBT Black artist to win a Country Music Association award 5 Time named him as one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet in 2019 6 and he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2020 7 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 2015 2017 Internet personality 2 2 2018 2019 Breakthrough with Old Town Road and 7 2 3 2020 2022 Montero 2 4 2022 present Upcoming second studio album 3 Musical style and influences 4 Impact 5 Public image 6 Personal life 6 1 Coming out 6 2 Religion 7 Accolades 8 Discography 9 Tours 10 Filmography 11 Written works 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 External linksEarly life and educationMontero Lamar Hill was born in Lithia Springs Georgia 8 on April 9 1999 9 He was named after the Mitsubishi Montero 10 His parents divorced when he was six 11 and he settled in the Bankhead Courts housing project with his mother and grandmother Three years later he moved in with his father a gospel singer 11 north of the city in Austell Although initially reluctant to leave he later regarded it as an important decision There s so much shit going on in Atlanta if I would have stayed there I would have fallen in with the wrong crowd 12 He started using the Internet heavily right around the time when memes started to become their own form of entertainment about when he was 13 13 He spent much of his teenage years alone and turned to the Internet particularly Twitter creating memes that showed his disarming wit and pop culture savvy 11 His teenage years also saw him struggling with his coming out to himself as being gay he prayed that it was just a phase 14 15 but around 16 or 17 he came to accept it 16 He began playing trumpet in the fourth grade and was first chair by his junior high years but quit out of fear of looking uncool 17 Hill attended Lithia Springs High School from which he graduated in 2017 18 He then enrolled at the University of West Georgia where he majored in computer science but later dropped out after one year to pursue a musical career 19 During this time he stayed with his sister and supported himself with jobs at Zaxby s restaurants and the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park 12 In September 2019 he revisited his high school to perform a surprise concert 20 Career2015 2017 Internet personality Hill said he began to isolate himself from outside of class activities during his teenage years He spent large amounts of time online in hopes of building a following as an internet personality to promote his work but was unsure what to focus on creatively In a Rolling Stone interview he stated I was doing Facebook comedy videos then I moved over to Instagram and then I hopped on Twitter where I really was a master That was the first place where I could go viral 21 He also posted short format comedy videos on Facebook and Vine 12 During this period he reportedly created and ran Nicki Minaj fan accounts on Twitter including one called NasMaraj according to a New York Magazine investigation 22 23 In 2017 this account gained attention for its flash fiction style interactive scenario threads popularized on Twitter using dashboard app TweetDeck 24 25 22 The investigation linked NasMaraj to the practice of Tweetdecking or using multiple accounts in collaboration to artificially make certain tweets go viral The NasMaraj account was suspended by Twitter due to violating spam policies 22 After the suspension of NasMaraj New York Magazine s investigation concluded that he subsequently opened a new account with handle NasMarai and that his current Twitter account at the time was a repurposed version of that NasMarai account with a changed handle 22 After media reports linked Lil Nas X to the Minaj fan accounts he called the reports a misunderstanding effectively denying having run the accounts 26 27 However in May 2020 Lil Nas X admitted in a tweet to being a fan of Minaj He explained why he initially denied it stating that if people knew he was a fan of hers they would think he was gay People will assume if you had an entire fan page dedicated to nicki u are gay and the rap music industry ain t exactly built or accepting of gay men yet On June 17 2020 Minaj responded to Nas tweeting It was a bit of a sting when you denied being a barb but I understand Congratulations on building up your confidence to speak your truth Lil Nas apologized to Minaj saying he felt so bad hoping u wouldn t see my denial 28 The NasMarai account was later mentioned in a New York Times Magazine article which described Hill as having spent every waking hour online tweeting as nasmaraj 29 It is also referenced in the music video for Sun Goes Down which shows Lil Nas X s many struggles growing up as a closeted teen and embracing his sexuality he is seen tweeting while in high school from an account named nasmiraj as the lyrics I d be by the phone stanning Nicki morning into dawn play 30 original research Sometime in the year 2018 Hill landed on music as a path to success and started writing and recording songs in his closet 11 He adopted the name Lil Nas X which is a tribute to the rapper Nas 31 On July 24 2018 Lil Nas released his first mixtape Nasarati on SoundCloud though it was not received with immediate fame Nasarati would be removed from streaming services soon after the release of Old Town Road due to a copyright conflict and therefore would never gain significant traction 32 In late October 2018 he happened to hear the beat that would become Old Town Road 11 2018 2019 Breakthrough with Old Town Road and 7 Main article Old Town Road Lil Nas X in April 2019 On December 3 2018 Lil Nas X released the country rap song Old Town Road a He bought the beat for the song anonymously on beat selling platform BeatStars from Dutch producer YoungKio for 30 45 46 it samples Nine Inch Nails track 34 Ghosts IV from their sixth studio album Ghosts I IV 2008 47 He recorded at a humble Atlanta studio CinCoYo on their 20 Tuesdays taking less than an hour 48 Lil Nas X began creating memes to promote Old Town Road before it was picked up by short form video social media TikTok users 9 49 TikTok encourages its 500 million global users to endless imitation with videos generating copies usually using the same music the app s frantic churn of content acts as a potent incubator for viral music hits 50 Lil Nas X estimated he made about 100 memes to promote it 11 the song went viral in early 2019 due to the Yeehaw Challenge meme on TikTok Millions of users posted videos of themselves dressed as a wrangler or cowgirl with most yeehaw videos using the song for their soundtrack as of July 2019 they have been seen more than 67 million times 9 Another core audience tied to social media is children who are hidden in the statistics of adult listeners 51 Quartz com says the song certainly owes part of its success to the demographic and notes they are attracted to the song being repetitive easy to sing along to and using lyrics about riding horses and tractors which children can relate to 51 It debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart later climbing to number one 52 53 The track also debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at number 19 and Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs at number 36 54 After an intense bidding war Lil Nas X signed with Columbia Records in March 2019 9 Billboard controversially removed the song from the Hot Country songs chart in March 2019 telling Rolling Stone When determining genres a few factors are examined but first and foremost is a musical composition While Old Town Road incorporates references to country and cowboy imagery it does not embrace enough elements of today s country music to chart in its current version 55 Lil Nas X at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards In Robert Christgau s opinion Taking Old Town Road off the country chart strikes me as racist pure and simple because country radio remains racist regardless of the Darius Ruckers and Kane Browns it makes room for 56 Another Billboard spokesperson told Genius Billboard s decision to take the song off of the country chart had absolutely nothing to do with the race of the artist 55 Despite being removed from the main Country Songs chart the song charted on Billboard s Country Airplay chart debuting at 53 57 and peaking at 50 58 In response Sony Music Nashville CEO Randy Goodman told Billboard that his team started testing the song in some country radio markets adding it would be negligent not to look at it 57 In May 2019 the issues of racism in country music culture came up again when Wrangler announced its Lil Nas X collection and some consumers threatened a boycott 59 Media outlets also noted that the song brings attention to the historic cultural erasure of African Americans from both country music and the American frontier era 60 61 62 63 Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus supported Old Town Road 64 non primary source needed and became the featured vocalist in an April 2019 remix the first of several 65 b That same month Lil Nas X broke Drake s record for the most U S streams from one song in one week with 143 million streams for the week ending April 11 surpassing Drake s In My Feelings which had 116 2 million streams in a week in July 2018 70 as of August 2019 it has streamed over a billion plays on Spotify alone 11 In May 2019 the video was released and as of August 2019 has over 370 million views 67 71 NBC News s Michael Arceneaux wrote In the social media age Lil Nas X is arguably the first micro platform crossover star 72 Panini was released as Lil Nas X s second single through Columbia Records on June 20 2019 73 74 It is named after the fictional cabbit of the same name in the animated television series Chowder 75 and does not refer to the sandwich of the same name In mid September 2019 Panini had its first remix released with rapper DaBaby 76 Lil Nas X released his debut extended play titled 7 on June 21 2019 77 78 The EP debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart 79 On June 23 2019 Lil Nas X performed with Cyrus at the 2019 BET Awards 80 On June 30 Lil Nas X made his international debut at the largest greenfield festival in the world the UK s annual Glastonbury Festival when he and Billy Ray Cyrus made a surprise appearance and joined Miley Cyrus for the song before performing Panini solo in a set seen nationally on BBC 81 On the same day Lil Nas X became one of the most visible Black queer male singers when he came out as gay 82 This was especially significant for an artist in the country and hip hop genres both of which emphasize machismo and historically snubbed queer artists 82 c Black queer male artists in hip hop having mainstream acceptance arguably started in 2012 with Frank Ocean s coming out just before Channel Orange was released 82 83 84 d Rolling Stone premiered the Rolling Stone Top 100 in early July with three Lil Nas X songs Rodeo with Cardi B at number nine Panini at four and Old Town Road as the first ever number one song on the chart 86 e On August 19 2019 Lil Nas X opened for Katy Perry at a concert Amazon held for its employees to celebrate its Prime Day sale 87 2020 2022 Montero On July 7 2020 Lil Nas X revealed that his debut album was almost finished He also stated that he was working on a mixtape and invited producers to submit their beats for his new music 88 On July 10 he teased the release of a new song titled Call Me by Your Name posting a snippet of it online 89 90 non primary source needed On November 8 2020 he announced a new single Holiday which was released on November 13 91 On Roblox a virtual concert was held to promote Lil Nas X s single with Lil Nas X related items in the game s avatar shop 92 The single debuted at 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the song s music video accumulated tens of millions of views within the first several weeks of release In January 2021 he released a children s book C Is for Country 93 The following month he again previewed the song Montero Call Me by Your Name in a Super Bowl LV commercial 94 The song was officially released on March 26 2021 along with an accompanying music video 95 On the same day Lil Nas X revealed that his debut album would be named Montero and that it would be released in mid 2021 96 non primary source needed The video prompted strong reactions The song was seen by many as a valuable expression of queerness though prominent conservative and Christian figures accused Lil Nas X of sacrilege and devil worship 97 98 Despite the controversy Montero Call Me by Your Name debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Lil Nas X s second chart topping single and third top ten single On March 29 2021 Lil Nas X partnered with New York based art collective MSCHF to release a modified pair of Nike Air Max 97s called Satan Shoes which may be seen on Satan s feet in the music video used to promote the release of Montero Call Me by Your Name 99 100 The shoes are black and red with a bronze pentagram filled with 60cc and 1 drop of human blood Only 666 pairs were made at a price of 1 018 Nike said they were uninvolved in the creation and promotion of the shoes and did not endorse the messages of Lil Nas X or MSCHF 101 The company filed a trademark lawsuit against MSCHF in New York federal court On April 1 the judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the sale and distribution of the shoes pending a preliminary injunction 102 Lil Nas X responded to the lawsuit with a meme on Twitter showing himself as the character Squidward homeless and asking for money 103 Later he released a prelude video for the song Industry Baby which stages a fake Nike vs Lil Nas X trial in the Supreme Court during which people discuss the Satan Shoes before condemning the singer for being gay 104 Following the controversies surrounding his previous song and its promotion Lil Nas X released the more introspective single Sun Goes Down on May 21 2021 105 wherein he reflects on his struggles with bullying and coming to terms with his homosexuality in his upbringing 106 He performed the song alongside Montero Call Me by Your Name at Saturday Night Live a day later where he suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a pole dance routine when the seam of his trousers split leaving him unable to finish it properly 107 On June 29 Lil Nas posted a promotional video of his debut album ending it with Montero the Album He also posted a snippet of a previously teased track called Industry Baby 108 On July 16 Lil Nas X posted a video on TikTok claiming that he had an upcoming court hearing regarding the Satan Shoes three days later 109 However on July 19 2021 he posted a spoof of the legal debacle on YouTube marketing his new single Industry Baby 110 The song was released on July 23 featuring rapper Jack Harlow with production by Kanye West and Take a Daytrip 111 The song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the chart for the ending week of October 23 2021 becoming Lil Nas X s fourth top ten single and third number one On September 17 2021 Montero was released along with its fourth single Thats What I Want 112 113 On October 23 2021 Lil Nas X made a surprise appearance at Diplo s set at Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas During the appearance he performed Industry Baby Montero Call Me by Your Name and Old Town Road 114 On April 26 2022 he announced his first concert tour the Long Live Montero Tour The tour was in support of Montero and began in September 2022 and ran through January 2023 115 2022 present Upcoming second studio album On March 16 2022 Lil Nas X returned from his hiatus and teased two songs from his almost finished new album Late to da Party featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Down Souf Hoes featuring Saucy Santana 116 He also posted a preview of the track Lean on My Body 117 On June 24 2022 Lil Nas X released Late to da Party and later clarified via Twitter that it was not a lead single 118 119 120 non primary source needed Lil Nas X said that the album would be something fun something for the summertime something for the girls to get ready and party to 121 On his Long Live Montero Tour Lil Nas X performed his then unreleased single Star Walkin and the intro to Down Souf Hoes On October 19 2022 he invited Saucy Santana on his tour to perform an additional unheard verse of Down Souf Hoes 122 On September 15 2022 Riot Games the developers of the video game League of Legends announced a collaboration with Lil Nas X for the 2022 League of Legends World Championship through a press release where they also declared him to be President of League of Legends in what Kotaku journalist Isaiah Colbert called a publicity stunt 123 124 The anthem for the tournament Star Walkin was released on September 22 with an accompanying animated music video 125 He performed the song at the opening ceremony of the tournament on November 5 Additionally a custom outfit for a playable character in the game co designed by Lil Nas X will be made available temporarily in November 123 Musical style and influencesLil Nas X s musical style has been described as pop rap 126 127 128 hip hop 129 130 131 country rap 132 133 134 trap 131 pop rock 131 pop 131 135 and rock 131 He credits LGBTQ artists Frank Ocean and Tyler the Creator as inspirations and for making it easier for me to be where I am comfortably 136 Lil Nas X also cites Nicki Minaj Katy Perry Drake Miley Cyrus and Doja Cat as some of his biggest influences 137 138 139 In 2019 he said I grew up off the Internet so my influences come from all over musically He grew up listening to hip hop artists such as Andre 3000 Kendrick Lamar Kid Cudi and Lil Uzi Vert 140 141 ImpactIn July 2019 Time named him one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet for his global impact on social media and overall ability to drive news 142 In late July 2019 the MTV Video Music Award VMA nominations were announced with Lil Nas X receiving eight 143 f He performed Panini an ode to the cartoon rabbit of the same name from Cartoon Network s Chowder with a troupe of Tron inflected dancers at the 2019 MTV VMAs 144 where he also won two awards Song of the Year for which he is the first openly LGBTQ person to do so 145 and the video s Calmatic for Best Direction 146 He was nominated for five fan chosen 2019 Teen Choice Awards winning Choice R amp B Hip Hop Song for the Cyrus remix of Old Town Road 147 g Old Town Road is also the YouTube top song of the summer in the U S and over fifty other countries and territories it is also their second top global song of the summer 149 Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus remix also won the Country Music Association CMA Awards collaboration category CMA Music Event of the Year Lil Nas X is the first out gay man to ever be nominated for a CMA award and the only openly LGBTQ person to win 150 151 5 Vox noted the Event Award is not a part of the CMA televised celebration and they snubbed Lil Nas X from bigger appropriate categories 152 The Old Town Road remix with Cyrus has been nominated for a People s Choice Award for Song of 2019 Lil Nas X was also nominated for Male Artist of 2019 at the 45th People s Choice Awards 153 In October at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards Lil Nas X with Cyrus won for Best Collab Duo or Group and Single of the Year 154 155 h In November 2019 Lil Nas X won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap Hip Hop Song he was nominated for four others including three for Old Town Road featuring Billy Ray Cyrus i 156 In November 2019 Lil Nas X was nominated for six Grammy Awards including Record of the Year Album of the Year and Best New Artist and eventually won Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo Group Performance 157 Lil Nas X s success caused him to become the first person of color and the first openly gay performer to be listed by Forbes in its annual Highest Paid Country Acts List 158 159 Ken Burns who produced the PBS documentary Country Music noted Well to me Lil Nas X is my mic drop moment We spend eight episodes and sixteen and a half hours talking about the fact that country music has never been one thing And there s a huge African American influence and it permeates throughout the whole story And here we are in a new modern age that we re not touching with all these classic binary arguments about Billboard not listing Old Town Road on the country chart and it turns out to be not just the No 1 country hit but the No 1 single period and it s by a black gay rapper It just is proving that all of those cycles that we have been reporting on across the decades all of the tensions in country music of race class poverty gender creativity versus commerce geography are still going on 160 In early July 2019 Old Town Road achieved its 13th week at the top spot on the Billboard 100 becoming the first hip hop song to do so 161 j It is also the first song to sell 10 million copies while in the top spot 67 161 On its 15th week at the top Lil Nas X became the first openly gay artist to have a song last as long overtaking Elton John s 1997 Double A Side where both sides of the record are promoted as hits Candle in the Wind 1997 Something About the Way You Look Tonight 3 At 19 weeks at number one Lil Nas X holds the record for the most weeks since the chart was first introduced in 1958 2 k As of August 2019 update the song has also charted 19 weeks atop the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart 2 beating a three way tie record 163 l At 19 weeks at the top of the Hot Rap Songs chart the song has also beaten a three way tie 2 m By November 2019 the song was Diamond Certified moving a combined sales and streaming 10 million units 167 Public imageLil Nas X has been noted for his public fashions in July 2019 Vogue noted Lil Nas X as a master at giving the cowboy aesthetic a glam look in his appearances and on Instagram 168 His stylist Hodo Musa says he aims for items that are electric playful colorful and futuristic 169 For his onstage look at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards he wore a cowboy motif cherry red Nudie suit 170 Wrangler which is mentioned in the Old Town Road lyrics has consistently sold out of Lil Nas X co branded fashions 171 For the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards Lil Nas X wore several outfits including a head to toe couture fuchsia Versace suit with a pink harness that took 700 hours to construct 172 In July 2020 Lil Nas X modeled in a trailer video for a new skincare line by Rihanna s Fenty Beauty 173 In August 2021 Lil Nas X commented Nah he tweakin on an Instagram post about Tony Hawk selling skateboards painted with paint that contained his blood It became a viral phenomenon for the next few days 174 175 In 2021 he appeared on the Time 100 Time s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world 176 Personal lifeComing out In early June 2019 Lil Nas X came out to his sister and father and he felt the universe was signalling him to do so despite his uncertainty whether his fans would stick by him or not 11 On June 30 2019 the last day of Pride Month Lil Nas X came out publicly as gay 177 178 tweeting some of y all already know some of y all don t care some of y all not gone fuck with me no more but before this month ends i want y all to listen closely to c7osure 179 non primary source needed The tweet confirmed earlier suspicions when he first indicated this in his track c7osure Rolling Stone noted the song touches on themes such as coming clean growing up and embracing one s self 180 The next day he tweeted again this time highlighting the rainbow colored building on the cover art of his EP 7 with the caption reading deadass thought i made it obvious 181 182 He was unambiguous in an interview several days later on BBC Breakfast where he stated that he was gay and understands that his sexuality is not readily accepted in the country or rap music communities 183 The response to the news was mostly positive but also garnered a large amount of homophobic backlash on social media to which Lil Nas X also reacted 182 184 The backlash also came from the hip hop community drawing attention to homophobia in hip hop culture 184 185 In January 2020 rapper Pastor Troy made homophobic comments on the outfit Lil Nas X wore during the Grammy Awards to which Lil Nas X responded Damn I look good in that pic on god 186 In January 2023 Lil Nas X tweeted a new statement about his sexual orientation writing be for real would y all be mad at me if i thought i was a little bisexual 187 188 189 The next day he tweeted that was my last time coming out the closet i promise 190 191 Religion Lil Nas X stated in September 2021 that he was an atheist at one point but is now a very spiritual person in terms of the Universe how everything works 192 AccoladesMain article List of awards and nominations received by Lil Nas X Lil Nas X is the recipient of multiple awards including two Grammy Awards five Billboard Music Awards five MTV Video Music Awards two BET Hip Hop Awards two iHeartRadio Music Awards and two American Music Awards He has also been awarded by Songwriters Hall of Fame as the youngest honoree of Hal David Starlight Award On September 1 2021 The Trevor Project announced that Lil Nas X is the recipient of its inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year award 193 DiscographyMain article Lil Nas X discography Studio albums Montero 2021 ToursLong Live Montero Tour 2022 23 FilmographyLil Nas X filmography Year Title Role Notes2021 Saturday Night Live Himself Musical guest 1 episode Dave Himself Episode Dave 2022 23 The Proud Family Louder and Prouder June Bug voice 2 episodesWritten worksC Is for Country 2021 194 See also LGBT portalList of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 List of most streamed artists on Spotify List of bestselling singles worldwide LGBTQ representations in hip hop musicNotes Old Town Road has been variously described by publications as a country rap 33 34 35 36 country 37 38 39 trap 40 41 42 or Southern hip hop song 43 Lil Nas X stated that he regards it as a country trap song 44 The single s second official remix Old Town Road Diplo Remix was released on April 29 2019 featuring additional production by American DJ Diplo 66 Mid July 2019 an official remix of Old Town Road was released adding rapper Young Thug and yodeler Mason Ramsey to Billy Ray Cyrus 67 In late July 2019 another remix called Seoul Town Road was released featuring South Korean rapper RM of the boyband BTS 68 Billboard counts all the versions of the song in the same total 69 Rap is full of gay slurs like sus No homo and Pause using queerness as a punchline 82 Other notable Black queer men gaining mainstream acceptance before Lil Nas X include Tyler the Creator ILoveMakonnen Brockhampton frontman Kevin Abstract and Steve Lacy 82 Black queer women artists have been accepted more readily 82 while the queer hip hop movement goes back to the 1990s 85 The Rolling Stone Top 100 tracks the most popular songs of the week in the United States ranked by combining streams and sales omitting radio plays 86 His nominations were for Old Town Road Song of the Year Video of the Year Best Collaboration Best Hip Hop Best Direction Best Editing and Best Art Direction 143 He is also up for the Best New Artist trophy 143 Lil Nas X was nominated for both Choice Male Artist and Choice Breakout Artist Old Town Road was up for Choice Song Male Artist while the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus was also up for Choice Collaboration 148 Lil Nas X was also nominated for Best New Hip Hop Artist 154 Lil Nas X was also nominated for New Artist of the Year and Old Town Road featuring Billy Ray Cyrus for Collaboration of the Year Favorite Pop Rock Song and Favorite Music Video It surpassed three hip hop songs that were tied at twelve weeks each Lose Yourself by Eminem 2002 Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas 2009 and See You Again by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 2015 161 On its fourteenth week at the top it was the tenth single to ever reach the mark with Billboard noting all but two of the previous singles had been nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year 162 Lil Nas X beat two songs tied at sixteen weeks for the longest time to do so One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and R amp B group Boyz II Men 1995 1996 and Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 2017 On the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart at nineteen weeks it beats the three songs at eighteen weeks The Honeydripper Parts 1 amp 2 1945 by Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers 164 Choo Choo Ch Boogie 1946 by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 164 and One Dance 2016 by Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla 165 Three songs were tied at 18 weeks each Hot Boyz by Missy Misdemeanor Elliott featuring Lil Mo Nas Eve and Q Tip 1999 2000 Fancy by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX 2014 and Hotline Bling by Drake 2015 2016 166 References Lucero Mario J January 3 2020 The problem with how the music streaming industry 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