The 'musical event of the year' award, which recognizes iconic one-time country collaborations, has previously gone to duos like Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson, and Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert. Taylor Swift, who started as a country singer but shifted into pop, has also lobbied for LBGTQi rights, urging Congress to pass legislation barring discrimination. While more LGBTQi celebrities have come out publicly in recent years, the country music scene is often associated with Christianity and conservative views on gender roles and sexuality.Īfter singer Chely Wright became the first country singer to come out to fans in 2010, she lost invitations to perform as well as record sales, and received hate mail from former fans.Ī handful of high-profile country artists - Ty Herndon, Billy Gilman - have come out in the decade since, but the numbers remain low in comparison to other industries.Ĭountry advocates for LGBTQi rights include some of its very top stars however, including Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, who have spoken in support of gay marriage. "I'm also, I feel like, opening the doors for more people." "I don't want to just live my entire life, especially how I got to where I'm at, just not doing what I want to do," he said. Shortly after coming out Lil Nas X told reporters that while homosexuality was "not really accepted" in either country or hip-hop, he did not want to keep his sexual orientation a secret. He shared his sexuality with his fans on Twitter and Instagram, risking career backlash after his quick rise to fame. Lil Nas X made waves in June, US Pride Month recognizing LGBTQi people, as the first musical artist across genres to come out as gay while his record was number one.
Thank you guys for this nomination!! - nope August 28, 2019 "Thank you guys for this nomination!" Lil Nas X, 20, posted on Twitter. "Beyond the love is the respect that you’re looking at a man who used his mind, his human mind, to go somewhere and take down some walls in this music business that had never been taken down before.His collaboration with veteran country star Billy Ray Cyrus broke the record for longest-running number one song on Billboard's Hot 100 list with 19 weeks, and was named song of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday. "I’m so proud of him, and I’ll stand with him till the very end," he added. I love him so much," he said, expressing his pride in Lil Nas for being himself and pushing boundaries through his art. Not only has this man given us the bop of the summer (and probably the year), he’s.
#WHY IS LIL NAS X GAY SERIES#
Old Town Road mega-star Lil Nas X blew everyone’s minds on the last day of Pride Month by coming out as gay in a series of tweets pointing to the coded language of his song C7osure from his new 7 EP. “I feel like I would die for that boy, I really would. Here’s What His Latest Tweet Is All About. That didn't come without a downside: Lil Nas was forced to justify his decision to come out to comedian Kevin Hart, and he has received outright homophobic abuse online.īut Cyrus will always have his back. The Montero song and video clearly demonstrate that Lil Nas takes pride in his sexuality and he has little regard for moral limits when it comes to the creative expression of his. Since then, he has become a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ acceptance. When Lil Nas X came out as gay in 2019 following his success with 'Old Town Road', he became perhaps the single highest profile black gay artists working in hip-hop, and in the music business at large. Nas X made history by being the first person to come out as gay while having a number-one record. It stars Lil Nas opposite legendary Western actor Sam Elliott, with a cameo from Cyrus himself. " And then along comes Lil Nas X, and he told me the reason he reached out to me was because he said I was the only country dude that he knew because of Hannah Montana." The pair's country collab is the inspiration for Doritos' new commercial which will air during tomorrow's Super Bowl. "At a certain point I said, 'Man, did I trade in my best years of music to become an actor?'" Cyrus told Insider this week. "Every member of my family loves Lil Nas and he is family." And it's his family that Cyrus has to thank for his fruitful working relationship with Nas: specifically, his daughter Miley.
"I have adopted Lil Nas X," Cyrus said in a recent interview with Us Weekly. What's more, the 58-year-old singer's unlikely partnership with the then-19-year-old rapper (Lil Nas is now 20) has evolved into a strong emotional bond. Billy Ray Cyrus has had something of a country music career renaissance since lending his vocals to Lil Nas X's record-breaking hit single 'Old Town Road'.