“It’s easier for me, I’m not depending on anybody. DaBaby was one of those rappers, who was embroiled in controversy after making homophobic remakes. In an interview with CBS, Lil Nas X said he decided to come out when the attention was on him because it “would’ve been the most authentic time”.
“It’s like, I’m not doing it for attention,” he explained about coming out when 'Old Town Road' was at the peak of its popularity.
If anything, he felt he was “pushed by the universe”, in a way, to come clean about his sexuality to the rest of the world. That is to say that the only person he appears to have been publicly linked with to date is Yai Ariza, who graced his presence in his That’s What I Want music video in 2021. "Me being in this position, it's easy for me."
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sending you love from the future.
Signing it with his stage name ‘Inx’, he concluded the note in a full-circle moment. Because it’s not really accepted in either [the country music community or the rap community].
That’s only true, considering all the backlash that he garnered after coming out, which he acknowledged while on the BBC Breakfast show as well.
Lil Nas X’s Dating Life Before and After Coming Out
As public as Lil Nas X, 26, went with his coming out, he has since been equally private and guarded about his love life.
His other previous relationships currently remain unknown to the public eye.
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Elton John, has called Nas “a hero of mine." He praised the singer to Variety for being "a bold and brave provocateur who’s making amazing and inspiring music.
During it, he was asked what his favorite sexual position was and what type of guy he was into.
“I know the people who listen to this the most, and they’re not accepting of homosexuality,” he said.
And yet, something changed during the Pride Month of 2019 that eventually had him take the bold leap into the light as a gay man. “It’s always been, ‘OK, if you’re gay, this needs to be sanitized. In an interview with SiriusXM’s Hits 1 LA in October that year, he said,
We were dating, and we are still on very good terms.
Let’s not include anything sexual.’ It’s like, ‘Be gay without being gay. And yet, he has bravely moved on and come a long way since then, being extremely private about his dating life otherwise.
The very first time he came out, though, was to his father and sister earlier in June 2019, before he broke the news on Twitter weeks later. These were part of a collaboration between Lil Nas X and New York-based art collective MSCHF, and were made using Nike Air Max 97s (via CNN).
However, things took a toll on him when Nike filed a lawsuit against the singer, claiming that his use of their sneakers would cause irreparable damage to the brand, and even streaming services temporarily removed his songs from all platforms (though the removal was claimed to be a technical difficulty instead of active censorship).
Lil Nas X Shared His Coming Out Story in an Empowering Letter to His Younger Self
Lil Nas X even penned down an Instagram note to his “14-year-old” younger self, reflecting in the powerful letter why he wanted to release Montero, which is about a relationship he had with a man in 2020.
“But it’s all depending on what you decide to do. But he did clear this out within a few days as, during an appearance on the BBC Breakfast show in July 2019, he confirmed he’s gay, saying (via The Media Network),
I am gay. And I like to go missing for like a week to focus … not talk to anyone and focus on myself.
it’s about a guy i met last summer. The 'Old Town Road' singer has admitted that before finding international fame, he wanted to hide his sexuality.
“The honest truth is, I planned to die with the secret,” the singer whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill told The Guardian. There’s always gonna be fear when you’re doing something that’s literally life-changing.