Lil Nas X: Last year I was sleeping on the floor, now I’m gay
Lil Nas X on stage in New York in July 2019. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for BuzzFeed)
The US singer Lil Nas X has revealed how last year he had no money and was sleeping on his sister’s floor, and “now I’m gay.”
In a tweet that’s been liked more than a million times, the rapper said, “Wow man last year i was sleeping on my sisters floor, had no money, struggling to get plays on my music, suffering from daily headaches, now i’m gay.”
wow man last year i was sleeping on my sisters floor, had no money, struggling to get plays on my music, suffering from daily headaches, now i’m gay.
— nope (@LilNasX) July 28, 2019
Twitter fans loved his tweet.
pic.twitter.com/b3avrgqH3p— kami 𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓍊 (@karlita_papita) July 28, 2019
“You’re fucking godlike,” said one user.
Rose, a “hip g-ma supporting the teens” and self-confessed “Lil Nas X super stan” said, “Life hits you fast man.”
https://twitter.com/RoseGAdams/status/1155533509869502464?s=20
pic.twitter.com/3Wofew98qQ— V 🌌 (@BlackOutCos) July 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/ZebraaahFN/status/1155533495713828865?s=20
After Lil Nas X came out, the rapper Young Thug said he shouldn’t have done it.
In an interview for No Jumper, Young Thug said: “I feel like he probably shouldn’t have told the world. He shouldn’t have told the world.
Lil Nas X came out as LGBT+ in June
The ‘Old Town Road’ rapper came out as LGBT+ after a series of not-so-cryptic tweets.
“Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care,” the 20-year-old tweeted on World Pride Day (June 30).
“Ain’t no more actin’, man that forecast say I should just let me grow,” the track begins.
“No more red light for me, baby, only green, I gotta go.”
In a second tweet responding to queries from fans about whether he had come out or not, Lil Nas X added: “Deadass thought i made it obvious.”
