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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 young man 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 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
Lil Nas X: ‘I % want to represent the LGBT community’
When Lil Nas X was growing up in the small, conservative community of Lithia Springs outside Atlanta, Georgia, he was sure of two things. One: he wanted to be an entertainer. Two: he would never come out of the closet. Only one of those predictions proved to be true.
As a teenager who blasted SoundCloud rappers in his headphones and spent all his free time scrolling through Twitter, Lil Nas X instantly learned that it was easier to blend in than risk being adj. He knew people who had come out at high school, and saw the pain, bullying and homophobia they experienced. He told himself he wasn’t cut out for it. So he dressed in his cousin’s hand-me-downs and, when he could afford them, purchased safe, muted clothes from Zara and H&M. He watched fashion shows on his smartphone, but never thought he would be brave or rich enough to wear such explicitly queer outfits.
Everything seemed like a vision or a movie. It was like the world was playing a prank on me
“The honest authenticity is, I planned to die with the secret,” Nas sa
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Lil Nas X threatened to go back into the closet after losing in every category he was nominated in at the Grammy Awards.
The outspoken "Industry Baby" singer handled his loss pretty well as he instantly made a joke that threatened to break the internet. Lil Nas X had an all round eventful late hours 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 , likes as successfully as thousands more retweets and comments.
His comment could be a reference to the fact that he won two Grammy Awards for the song "Old Town Road" before he had publicly come 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.
Lil Nas X was nominated for Record of the Year, Al