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which came out on June 21, featured
art showing rainbow colors in
a skyline. Zooming into the rainbow
buildings in an image he posted on
Twitter, he said, “Deadass thought I
made it obvious.”
Since coming out, he has not
been afraid to continue invoking
his sexuality — especially when
employing his sense of humor.
“Wow man last year I was sleeping
on my sister’s fl oor, had no money,
struggling to get plays on my music,
suffering from daily headaches,
now I’m gay,” he wrote in a lighthearted
Twitter post on July 28.
He’s no one-hit wonder, either.
Lil Nas X is already having success
with two songs from his EP
— “Panini,” which is currently 29th
on the list, and “Rodeo,” which is
ranked 60th.
“As I said before, it’s just the beginning,”
he wrote on Twitter July
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Lil Nas X Breaks Billboard Record
Out gay rapper’s “Old Town Road” hits historic milestone
BY MATT TRACY
“Old Town Road”
is going to ride
the charts ‘til it
can’t no more.
Just weeks after he came out as
gay, Lil Nas X has made music history:
his country/ trap crossover
hit song “Old Town Road” is now
longest-running No. 1 track in the
history of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart,
having now spent 17 consecutive
weeks atop the list.
The song that has caught fi re
across the nation this summer has
leapfrogged Mariah Carey and Boyz
II Men’s 1995 hit “One Sweet Day”
as well as “Despacito,” a 2017 song
by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and
Justin Bieber.
In the midst of the song’s recordbreaking
success — and on the fi -
nal day of Pride month — Lil Nas
X opted to share details about his
Roughly one month after coming out as gay, Lil Nas X is reaching new professional milestones in his
budding music career.
sexuality on Twitter and appeared
to admit he was prepared to lose
fans due to his sexual orientation.
“Some of y’all already know,
some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all
not gone fwm no more,” he wrote
on June 30. “But before this month
ends I want y’all to listen closely to
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c7osure,” a song featured on his debut
EP “7”. There he says, “Ain’t no
more actin’, man that forecast say I
should just let me grow,” and, “This
is what I gotta do, can’t be regrettin’
when I’m old.”
That same day, the 20-year-old
also pointed out that his debut EP,
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