That he did so in the orbit of hip-hop and country, genres that have historically snubbed queer artists, was groundbreaking. Overnight, the 20-year-old Atlanta native - born Montero Lamar Hill - became the biggest gay pop star in the world. “But I look back at this moment, I’ll see that I’m fine.” “Embracin’ this news I behold unfolding … I know it don’t feel like it’s time,” he raps.
but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to ‘c7osure’” he wrote, referring to a track from his debut EP “7,” then the No. “Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. On June 30, the final day of Pride Month, the young country-rap sensation Lil Nas X came out to his 2.2 million Twitter followers.
