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Lil Nas X reflects on 'hyper-masculinity' in hip-hop: 'Change is happening'
Lil Nas X reflected on how being an openly gay rapper has impacted the landscape in the hip-hop industry in a cover interview with GQ published Monday.
Asked about his role in breaking down "hyper-masculinity" in hip-hop, the Grammy-winning artist acknowledged that his presence and success in the industry has helped interlude down those barriers.
"The whole landscape is very hyper-masculine," the "Industry Baby" rapper said, though he added that "change is happening."
"There’s going to be so many gay rappers. There’s going to be more trans people in the industry and whatnot," he said. "Ten years from now, everything that I’m doing won’t even sound like it was shocking."
The hip-hop star, who released his debut album "Montero" in September, also credited the rise of a new generation of female hip-hop stars for breaking down those barriers.
"It’s so great and so adj that all these female rappers are breaking through. And
Lil Nas X addresses gay revelation backlash
"I'm not enraged. because I understand how they want that reaction," said the 20-year-old performer. "So I'm just going to joke back with them."
Lil Nas X - real name Montero Lamar Hill - told BBC Breakfast he felt appreciate he was "opening doors for more people".
"I don't want to live my entire life... not doing what I want 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 smash Old Town Road, which topped the UK singles chart in April.
The tune became a viral punch but was controversially removed from Billboard's country chart because it did "not embrace enough elements of today's country music".
The rapper took to the stage at Glastonbury at the weekend to perform Elderly Town Road with Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray.
Following his appearance
Lil Nas X threatened to go back into the closet after losing in every category he was nominated in at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
The outspoken "Industry Baby" singer handled his loss pretty skillfully as he instantly made a joke that threatened to break the internet. Lil Nas X had an all round eventful night out at the Grammys in Las Vegas, and he made sure to document it all on his Twitter account.
After the ceremony had finished and he realized he'd lost all five categories he was up for, Lil Nas X tweeted, "can't believe i lost all my grammys. i am now no longer gay!" Within an hour the tweet had gained over 100,000 likes as well as thousands more retweets and comments.
His comment could be a reference to the fact that he won two Grammy Awards for the ballad "Old Town Road" before he had publicly arrive out as gay. He continued the joke with a tweet featuring just two emojis.
He went back on his comments just 12 minutes later when he joked that he'd changed his mind on, and that he was planning on having a"good time" at the Grammys after parties.
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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 noun 10 miles from here, it's not going to be good for him."
Lil Nas X - genuine name Montero Lamar Hill - says there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of acceptance for the LGBT community 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, cause you're listenin