Rapper Lil Nas X, still riding high on the success of his homoerotic #1 “Montero” has blasted his detractors on Twitter.
“Montero” has attracted controversy often voiced in social media, both for its parody of religion and for its rampant sexuality. Haters have accused Lil Nas X of flaunting his sexuality for personal gain. The openly gay rapper, however, won’t stand for it.
y’all love saying i’m being gay for success but can’t name 5 successful gay male artists in the last 10 years to save your life
— ? (@LilNasX) April 20, 2021
“Y’all love saying i’m being gay for success but can’t name 5 successful gay male artists in the last 10 years to save your life,” Nas X wrote in a tweet April 20. Another Twitter user identified as “Starbucks Spellman”–who appears to have since deleted his account–then accused Nas X of somehow exploiting other artists with the video. He wouldn’t stand for that, either.
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“I’m not dissing anyone,” Nas said. “i’m acknowledging the fact that we aren’t usually as successful as our peers. what’s not clicking starbucks spellman.”
i’m not dissing anyone. i’m acknowledging the fact that we aren’t usually as successful as our peers. what’s not clicking starbucks spellman. https://t.co/iyQfQzCRLG
— ? (@LilNasX) April 20, 2021
“It’s a million n*ggas in the industry that make nothing but songs about women and y’all don’t complain,” Nas wrote in another tweet. “But i make my first song about a n-gga and now it’s my entire artistry. y’all crack me up man.”
it’s a million niggas in the industry that make nothing but songs about women and y’all don’t complain. but i make my first song about a nigga and now it’s my entire artistry. y’all crack me up man. https://t.co/l9J69jVnE5
— ? (@LilNasX) April 20, 2021
At the time of this writing, Lil Nas X’s original tweet has received more than 200,000 likes.
Lil Nas X shot to superstardom in 2019 with the release of his song “Old Town Road.” “Montero” marks his biggest success to date, though homophones and religious conservatives have attacked the rapper for the song’s overt references to gay sex and religious iconography. At one point, Lil Nas X gives Satan a lapdance in a widely parodied moment.
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Kangol2
Had Lil Nas X *not* come out and then issued the subsequent series of futuristic songs & videos he’s shared, he’d be hailed as a brilliant, gender-bending “straight” genius. In fact, a man perceived to be “straight” twerking with and then giving a lap dance to Satan, before snapping his neck, would provoke some uproar, but people would be cheering him. Instead, because he is an out young Black gay man, and unapologetically so in this video, it has profoundly unnerved quite a few people to the extent that they cannot see the humor or the irony in the video or the song. It’s clear he feels that he needs to respond to some of these homophobes and people with fragile masculinity (and the racists, etc.), but at a certain point, I’d say just go on about your business and let them whine and steam. And get someone to pick up the song’s melody for a popular product so that they’re stuck hearing it over and over every time they turn on the TV or radio.
radiooutmike
You know I think you are right.
Janelle Monae after she came out, never got flack for any of her artistry.
tjack47
Different situation, but Madonna got flack over Like a Prayer and Pepsi decided to detach themselves from it. Any religious iconography used is not funny to the religious. I’m an atheist, and I loved the song and video. I once was trolled for using the term “social media crucifixions”. I had hurt, Jesus’, feelings!
Manrico Jimenez
What does his father rapper Nas think of all this?
Kangol2
“Represent y’all, represent!
Represent y’all, represent!
Represent y’all, represent!
Represent y’all, represent!” – Nas
mailliw110
Probably that it’s none of your business.
wooly101
I have to admit his song Old town road is quite catchy.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
This is a dumb question to ask but I am going to ask it anyway. If you knew before the video was released that you were aiming it at your FANS and not your haters then why even bother addressing your haters? The number of hits the youtube video has gotten already exceed over one million (not to go off topic but what artist received a gold record for a million songs sold? I can’t think of one either.) Why give their complaints credibility unless you plan to take the controversy route instead of the talented artist route. Don’t forget, not only did the late Little Richard not give ONE damn what people said about his costume and mannerisms he still played to packed audiences, his fans in other words. To hell with what others think or say for they are not who is helping you keep the lights on. And next time be aware of the lyrics in your songs and ask yourself is it a smart idea to go there (the N-word use in your latest video is what I am referring to).
wiggie
Why should he sit back and take it? The haters are going to continue to come after him whatever he does so he might as well speak his peace and call them out. As for Little Richard, he didn’t publicly acknowledge his homosexuality until 1995, 40 years after his first hit, then went back into the closet in 2017. Lil Nas, on the other hand, is at the beginning of his career and is openly, unabashedly gay .