My take on it and its all conjecture is this. He is definitely gay. That of itself is no big deal. I think he just wanted to be a rapper, entertainer. If he was this flamboyant, why didn't he act out on his only huge hit?
My understanding was that he never hid his sexuality. It wasn't a big deal. Supposedly people around him when he made the hit knew he was gay but didn't trip, the song took off and it wasn't like he was trying to hide it from what I understand. He just didn't care.
When it blew up and he got on a label, we all know the music industry got tons of gays in management positions and they have those rituals.
My guess is with how big the song was and it was a mega hit song that kept selling after word got out to the general public he was gay, the music industry thought they found their first openly gay rapper who was going to be accepted by the black community and everyone. There aren't any mega big black gay rappers. Not even mega big gay singers. There those we recognize their name (Frank Ocean for example) but none that are A list.
They pushed him into it. He doesn't (and can't) make his own marketing decisions. What ever you see, the ones with his contract are pushing him to do it. He wanted to be a rapper who just happened to be gay and the music label made him a gay man who happened to be a rapper, if that makes sense.
I am guessing if you look at his contract, they own him. They completely own him and its sad. I think he is being used completely. And who's telling what weirdo sh*t they had him do in private. I think they made him participate in all kinds of the ritualistic stuff we keep hearing hints about.
He will be used and discarded. One last thing that he proves about the music industry and that is it is completely rigged. When his album came out, they had it near or at the top of the charts. Who is his base? I would love to know. Gays? Gays like all kinds of stuff. I worked with and knew gay dudes and they are mostly in to alternative music or a variety of all kinds of music. They feel no obligation (from the few I know) to buy or support him. They wish him well, but aren't stomping for him either. There aren't enough gay people to make him number one or top 5. Is it white people? Which ones. White fans of rap almost entirely only support rap that the black masses like. And black people aren't f*cking with Lil Nas X.
And I would defy anyone find any person, even if you asked 100 gay men, if they got his iTunes or whatever. The industry finessed the f*ck out of his numbers. I hear he had like 70 million views on Youtube and I personally went into the comments and it was 'bot' convention. The same wording re-arranged. Any negative comment (and I got mine in...haha) was immediately responded to with a bot message. It was all the same. When I asked specifically 'Who is buying this? Who is base' The response was almost some form of 'I bought it' or 'I liked it'.
Has he even headlined a concert? First of all, how the hell you got an album so long out and ain't toured yet?
This is his tour dates.
Find out when Lil Nas X is next playing live near you. List of all Lil Nas X tour dates, concerts, support acts, reviews and venue info.
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No headlining, no arenas where he's headlining and an opening band, they bought his way into Lollopalooza type concerts, music festivals, where there are many, many acts and he's snuck up in there in the middle. How are you supposedly a Billboard mega selling artist and you ain't even headlining medium size arenas?
Corona, NY
Napa, CA
Manchester, TN
Gulf Shores, AL
WTF? My area of the city I grew up is literally 5 x bigger than the biggest city in the above.
...and most of the rest in other countries like Romania, Chile, Colombia , Poland WTF?
His career after Old Town Road is 100% cap.
The guy is being used, knows he's being used and it was a devil's compromise to get the bag and I actually feel a certain amount of pity as a fellow black man but he should know better and accepted it so it on him.
