Rapper Lil Nas X has landed himself in the headlines again for another choice comeback. The “Montero” artist clapped back against fellow rapper Boosie Badazz for attacking him with thinly veiled homophobic comments.
In a recent interview with Charlemagne tha God on the podcast The Breakfast Club, Boosie doubled down on previous comments from an Instagram video in which he claimed that Lil Nas X’s frank homoeroticism damaged heterosexual viewers.
“On the video, you said, ‘People tryin’ to be straight;’ how you tryin’ to be straight? If you’re straight, you ain’t gotta try to be,” Charlemagne recalled to Boosie.
“I’m just saying as far as…if you got your kids watching TV, if you’re trying to raise strong young black men, would you want–would you be cool with your kids watching it?” Boosie objected.
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“Strong black men…” Charlemagne began.
“Would you be cool, if you’re trying to raise ’em, would you be cool with Nas X going up there and taking his clothes off?” Boosie asked again.
“What age are we talkin’ about?” Charlemagne asked.
“You’re part of the problem,” Boosie accused.
Charlemagne then went on to say that it depended on the age of the kids involved–that at a certain age, kids are ready to accept some degree of sexuality, regardless of sexual orientation. He further pointed out that much of hip-hop and rap contains violent, misogynistic, and homophobic imagery, which is far more disconcerting than a naked gay man.
“We seen far worse,” Charlemagne asserted.
wow…. this is insane. almost as insane as my new single “industry baby” which is out now! ???
GET IT HERE: https://t.co/6fJGZqH1qs pic.twitter.com/O5mPn3ZY9d— nope ?? (@LilNasX) August 23, 2021
Lil Nas X appeared to make fun of the exchange. He tweeted a four-minute video of the interview, captioning it “wow…. this is insane. almost as insane as my new single “industry baby” which is out now!”
Nas also included a link to the video, natch.
the shit y’all say about me would drive me crazy if i didn’t already love myself
— nope ?? (@LilNasX) August 23, 2021
He also followed up later the same day in a slightly more assertive way. “The sh*t y’all say about me would drive me crazy if i didn’t already love myself,” he noted.
Well said. In recent months, Lil Nas X has endured criticism from other black, male, hip-hop artists including Boosie Badazz who have attacked him for displaying male sexuality in his performances. Badazz worried aloud that Lil Nas X’s music will somehow turn children gay, saying “In 10 years, it ain’t gonna be normal for a kid to be straight. You know, it’s sad, bro. Y’all tryna force it on these kids, bro. You know?” The rapper made the comments while defending fellow rap artist DaBaby, who had also come under fire for homophobic remarks made on stage at a Miami festival.
Mister P
Lil Nas X is what the world need right now.
whateverokok
If Lil Nas X is what the world needs now, then heaven help us we are f—ed! As Cracker once said, “Cause what the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in my head”. In other words, the world needs Lil Nas X like I need a hole in my head.
jcool
1) in ten years nobody is going to know who boosie badazz is
2) when reminded, they will laugh at his “name” and question his concern for chidren
prime32
Yeah, Lil Boosie has been around since 2004, and he’s a multi platinum artist. You kinda don’t know what you’re talking about.
howardstern
Ten years? Already now nobody knows who he is, lol. Biggest success he had as a feature on someone else’s song. He is not a platinum artist and that bugs him.
letthemeatcake
Boosie who?!? Hate is hate. Doesn’t matter if it comes from a person in a white hood waving a confederate flag—or an ignorant and uneducated rapper. It’s still unacceptable, and those idiots should be ostracized from society.
Kangol2
Bussy keeps giving away the game. He’s “trying to be straight.” Obviously sexuality and gender are complex and labels only serve as placeholders, but this man repeatedly expressed a combination of fascination, interest, awe, and fear about gay male sex. His description of walking in on two men having sex while he was in prison sounded like he was more than a little intrigued by it. He also can’t stand that a young, handsome, openly gay Black artist, Lil Nas X, is succeeding far more than he ever has. Bussy may completely fall apart if this keeps up.
Jack Meoff
Sounds like jealousy of his success to me.
Joshua333
Are these rappers making their content for kids though? Don’t a lot of their music have sexual themes and swearing? Ah, yes, the family-friendly sexual themes because they’re heterosexual. If it’s gay, 18+. If it’s straight, G for General audiences. I love logic, don’t you?
Jack
Pure homophobia and jealousy without a shred of ability to see the irony. A 5 year old hearing b*tch, s*ck my d*ck would be totally appropriate sex education for this hypocrite. The more he talks the more isolated the homophobic rap community gets (which may be most of the male rappers and fans).
Cam
Notice how lyrics about violence beating women, rape, etc. never bother these guys who complain that anything about LGBTQs will “Damage the children”?
But rape and murder is ok with him.
The thing I like about his bigotry and panic is every time he opens his mouth Lil Nas gets more publicity and more and more people are exposed to the bigotry he’s had to deal with and don’t like it.
whateverokok
I don’t care for rap much and I don’t care for rap artists much either. But what I can’t stand is no talent hacks acting like they got the greatest game there ever was and they making more cheese than Kraft. The fact remains the same. This punk is a talentless hack who has about as much success as William Hung. There are artists who have more success than him and they didn’t go anywhere with their music careers so to speak. In 10 years, the only thing we’ll be hearing from Lil Nas X is do you want fries with that?