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&#;Old Town Road&#; Rapper Lil Nas X Reveals What Pushed Him to Approach Out as Gay
Lil Nas X is featured on the cover of Time magazine. In an accompanying interview, the year-old rapper opened up about his ruling to come out as gay earlier this summer.
Though Lil Nas didn&#;t strategy on coming out, the fact that his inescapable hit &#;Old Town Road&#; — featuring Billy Ray Cyrus — was dominating Billboard charts and radio airwaves during Pride Month made him think again. According to the Georgia native, he was initially hesitant about coming out because he was taught from a young age that homosexuality &#;is never going to be OK.&#; Plus, he feared he might lose fans if he shared his truth.
&#;I know the people who listen to this the most, and they&#;re not accepting of homosexuality,&#; he said, later explaining that seeing celebrations of care for during June helped his worries subside. &#;I never would have done that if I wasn&#;t in a way pushed by the universe. In June, I&#;m seeing Pride flags everywhere and seeing couples holding hands — petite stuff lik
Lil Nas X addresses gay revelation backlash
"I'm not angry because I understand how they want that reaction," said the year-old performer. "So I'm just going to joke assist with them."
Lil Nas X - concrete name Montero Lamar Hill - told BBC Breakfast he felt like he was "opening doors for more people".
"I don't want to live my entire life not doing what I wish to do," he added.
He said he hoped his fans would "feel comfortable" but admitted homosexuality was "not really accepted in either the country [or] hip-hop communities".
Lil Nas X has enjoyed huge success with his county-rap crossover hit Old Town Road, which topped the UK singles chart in April.
The song became a viral hit but was controversially removed from Billboard's territory chart because it did "not include enough elements of today's country music".
The rapper took to the stage at Glastonbury at the weekend to accomplish Old Town Thoroughfare with Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray.
Following his appearance, the Atl
Lil Nas X says he was scared of losing fans by coming out as gay but was 'pushed by the universe'
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- "Old Town Road" rapper Lil Nas X said in a recent interview with Time magazine that he didn't initially plan to come out due to homophobia in the music industry.
- "I know the people who listen to [country] the most, and they're not accepting of homosexuality," Lil Nas told the magazine.
- But the rapper added that he felt "pushed by the universe" to come out during Pride month after seeing rainbow flags and couples holding hands.
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Lil Nas X said in a recent interview that he didn't initially plan to advance out as gay, in part due to his fear of alienating some of his fans.
The rapper, who went viral was his hit "Old Town Road," said he'd been taught from a young age that homosexu
Lil Nas X: ‘I prayed that being gay was just a phase’
US rapper Lil Nas X has said that when he was younger he hoped being gay was just "a phase".
In an interview with CBS, the Old Town Road hitmaker says he knew as a teenager that he was gay and would "would just pray and pray" that his sexuality "would go away".
In a teaser clip that aired on Monday, the rapper discusses his struggle with his sexuality.
But he acknowledges that his fame has made it easier for him to come out.
"Me being in this position, it's easy for me."
"But some little male child 10 miles from here, it's not going to be good for him."
Lil Nas X - authentic name Montero Lamar Hill - says there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of acceptance for the LGBT group in society.
"We still have a long way to go, because it's not like everybody is messing with me now. 'Of course somebody who's listening to me in school right now, it's like, 'You're gay, produce you're listenin