He just released his highly-anticipated album, "Montero".
From hiding his sexuality to protect his burgeoning career to being unapologetic about speaking out, this is the story of Lil Nas X.
From hiding his sexuality to protect his burgeoning career to being unapologetic about speaking out, this is the story of Lil Nas X.
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00:00You're going to realize Lil Nas X isn't going anywhere, anytime soon.
00:19I used to always depend on somebody else or other people for that love and attention.
00:26You know, it's right here, you know, within me.
00:30I think we know why we're all here today, five of you will be getting roses and the
00:55rest of you will be going home.
01:00You know, it's right here, you know, within me.
01:29I've been doing things like closing in on me.
01:31You know, it's time to stop music, go back to school.
01:35And then I found this beat on YouTube, which is an old town road.
01:59People always say, like, they love the bridging, you know, it did for, you know, hip-hop, country
02:18and older and younger generations, and it's just a wide love song.
02:28He's a young artist and, you know, it's amazing to see what somebody with a disruptive kind
02:50mindset comes in and just really uses an interesting and artistic approach to it.
03:12It's a banger.
03:13It's a banger.
03:19It's a banger.
03:21It's a banger.
03:48I'm growing up to hate this.
03:50Hate what?
03:50Homosexuality.
03:52Gay people.
03:53Come on now.
03:53Why are you going to hate it?
03:54If you're really from the hood, you know.
03:55I'm already moving forward and I'm becoming more free with everything I do.
04:00It was either going to be that or what, like, pretend this for the rest of my entire life
04:05and also not be able to express that in what I do, my music.
04:21So
04:43I know, like, I'm here for a reason, you know.
04:46Like, especially, definitely music, but it's like beyond that.
04:50So
05:10I guess I, like, grew up a lot having, like, this
05:14hidden self-hatred, like, for myself, you know, and not even realizing that it was there.
05:20So
05:50I
06:07know I'm here for a much bigger reason, you know.
06:11So I want to definitely step into these conversations, start these conversations,
06:15because I know my word means something.