“Y’all be silent as hell when n-s dedicate their entire music catalogue to rapping about sleeping with multiple women,” he replied on Twitter to one criticizing his “Industry Baby” video. He doesn’t just smack down haters, he gets in their faces, advancing his beliefs with a rare combination of sass, bluntness and wit. Like many people - particularly in his age group, which saw the world shut down just when their lives were supposed to begin - Nas emerged from lockdown scarred, changed and with a defiant resolve. I’m much more confident now - in my music, myself, my sexuality, the things that I believe that I stand for.” I wanted to be even more authentic in my music and let people into my life. It just means you’re a people pleaser, and they never become legends. “I used to see things like that as a compliment, but it’s not. “Honestly, I believe the pandemic helped me get out of the idea of trying to please everybody, and the idea of ‘He’s a cool gay person he’s an acceptable gay person,’” Nas says. In terms of pop stars confrontationally expressing sexuality, one has to go back decades, even to David Bowie or Madonna or Frankie Goes to Hollywood, to find others who have gone so far in forging a path that will make things less difficult for other artists and less shocking for audiences. 1 - has become a singular trailblazer, especially in the hip-hop world. But Nas - who came out in June 2019, midway through the record 19-week reign of “Old Town Road” at No. Rap and R&B artists from Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator (both of whom Nas acknowledges as inspirations) to Azealia Banks, Le1f and Janelle Monáe have announced, acknowledged, kind of acknowledged or simply not denied being gay or bisexual. It’s all leading up to “Montero,” his long-awaited first full-length album - which he says will be out before the end of the summer, and will be “much more personal” than his pre-pandemic work and of a piece with the unapologetically LGBTQ-themed singles he’s released this year.
This year alone, Nas (real name Montero Lamar Hill) has released one video that features him giving Satan a lap dance - for “ Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” - and another, prison-themed one that has him and several male dancers gyrating nude, albeit with their privates pixelated, in a shower ( “Industry Baby”) delivered a sexually loaded performance on “Saturday Night Live” during which he split his pants and finished the song holding his crotch (that was an accident) and most controversial of all, kissed one of his male dancers full on the mouth on the BET Awards (that was no accident). And while he avoids making grandiose statements about being a pioneer or a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community - “Let’s f-’ go, gay agenda!” he wrote last month, tongue firmly in cheek, when retweeting that he had the top two videos on the YouTube U.S.
1 hit in Billboard Hot 100 history, Nas’ recent lyrics, videos, TV appearances and especially public statements are exponentially more honest, autobiographical and queer. In the Maury clip, Povich says Ariza is married with a child named Noah, age 4.What a difference a few traumatic months can make: The Nas who has reemerged is, he says, “a totally different person” - an outspoken and empowered gay man unafraid to express truth in his art.įar from “Old Town Road,” the rap-country earworm that famously was recorded for $50 in a small Atlanta studio and has become the longest-running No.
“I am still very much in love, but I am trying to still manage.” “Maybe the best person I ever dated,” he added. “We were dating and we’re still on very good terms,” Nas X told the satellite radio show’s hosts during an interview posted on YouTube on October 3. In earlier October, Nas X confirmed with Sirius XM Hits 1 that he and Ariza dated.
During the clip, which The Maury Show tweeted on Thursday, the openly gay Grammy winner is seen confronting his real-life ex-boyfriend, Yai Ariza, an actor who starred in the music video for Nas X’s song “That’s What I Want”. Today reported the 30-second Maury clip is a “spot-on spoof/ad” for “Montero,” the title of Nas X’s debut album. The promo for Lil’ Nas X‘s highly-anticipated appearance on the Maury show hit the internet on Thursday, but it’s unclear whether the move is yet another one of the rapper’s infamous publicity stunts. The ‘Call Me By Your Name’ rapper is set to appear on the ‘Maury’ show with his ex-boyfriend