20-year-old rapper LilNasX opened up about his decision to come out as gay earlier this summer
The 20-year-old rapper, currently on the cover of Time magazine, didn't plan to come out, but he was inspired to tell his truth as his hit song"Old Town Road" was halfway to making history as the longest running No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.. In an accompanying interview, the 20-year-old rapper opened up about his decision to come out as gay earlier this summer.
Though Lil Nas didn't plan 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 love 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 — little stuff like that.
Lil Nas is one of the few openly queer black mainstream musicians. Frank Ocean came out in 2012, and Tyler the Creator did so in 2017. Lil Nas first came out to his sister and father in June. He then, casually doing so by writing, "Thought I made it obvious," pointing to a rainbow on his album cover. His revelation was met with a handful of hateful reactions, but Lil Nas simply fired back at trolls with jokes.
"It gets overwhelming," he said. "I just shut down on everybody — I'm still a loner in a lot of ways."
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