Lil Nas X achieved his lifetime epitome of success with his song “Old Town Road” in 2019, which was considered a “one-time hit wonder” by many other artists, but he changed the narrative by continuously creating music even after getting bankrupt. Through this article, I will narrate the story of “Lil Nas X,” a famous American rapper and singer.
Early life and parent’s divorce
Lil Nas X was born on April 9, 1999, in Georgia, United States. His real name was “Montero Lamar Hill”. He was named after “Mitsubishi Montero”. He belonged to a small city, Lithia, which was located outside Atlanta. His parents had a divorce when he was just six years old, after which he started living in Atlanta with his mother.
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But unfortunately, after the court case battle, he had to shift to Georgia with his father, and eventually, he got inspired by the musical persona of his father and started using the internet effectively to turn his passion into a revenue-generating profession. He had a huge family, including five brothers and four sisters, who used to fight with each other in their childhood.
Lil Nas X’s Twitter Popularity
In his childhood years, he was an intelligent student who used to get good grades and became the topper of his class. He utilized the internet in an era when its means were gaining popularity and spent his teenage years creating memes that showcased him as a witty person. Despite his academic success, he was still actively involved in extracurricular activities such as playing drums and trumpet in fourth grade and developing ways to promote his personality and work online. His creativity led him to create comedy videos on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Eventually, he gained popularity for his fiction-style “scenario threads” on Twitter as a fan page for “Nicki Minaj” and “Nas Maraj”. However, the fame he got didn’t last long as his Twitter accounts were suspended soon due to some legal violations. Even after this, he created another Twitter account as a fan page for “Nas Maraj” but with a different username. But he never accepted this account publicly because he had a psychological fear of being judged by the masses for being “gay” and of not getting enough work from the music industry.
Apart from his quest to build a career, he was also struggling with his sexuality as a gay man in his teenage years. Initially, he could not accept himself, but with time, by the age of 16 or 17 years, he came to terms with his sexuality.
Lil Nas X’s dropout to become a full-time musician
Hill joined “Lithia Springs High School” to complete his schooling, after which he joined “The University of West Georgia” with “Computer Science” as his specialisation, but as time passed by, he dropped out after his first year in pursuit of his musical career. His father and sister were not happy with his decision, as his career was unstable and he had no security or backup plan, so he took jobs at “Zaxby’s” restaurant to support himself and his musical career.
In 2018, he took his rapping and musical career very seriously and started writing as well as recording songs for his albums. His first song was “Shame,” and by the end of the fifth song, he figured out what he wanted from his life. In that era, there were many musicians who were famous by the name “Lil”. For example, “Lil Baby”. Other famous artists were ‘Nas’ and ‘DMX’. Lil Nas X was inspired by all of them and took inspiration from their names to form his own name for the music industry, which was ‘Lil Nas X’.
Nas X’s famous song “Old Town Road”
Lil Nas X bought a beat for $30 from Dutch producer “YoungKio” for his self-written song and became a famous sensational rapper as well as a singer with the song “Old Town Road.” He used his old techniques of remixing memes and songs together to promote his song “Old Town Road”.
He made around 100 memes to promote his song, and fortunately one of his # Yeehaw challenges went viral, where various young people dressed as wranglers or cowgirls and made videos with his song as the soundtrack. These videos were shared all over social media, eventually making his song popular in 2019, with over 67 million views. The song moved from number 83 to the number 1 position on the ‘Billboard Hot 100’ and debuted on the ‘Hot Country Songs’ at number 19.
Lil Nas X’s Pizza Controversy
Lil Nas X has been known for his witty nature since his childhood. In fact, he got his name and fame because of his sense of humour on Twitter fan pages. Although he is a star now, his inner sarcasm and sense of humour are still alive, which led to a humorous incident that went viral.
He faced a lot of backlash for his song “Montero,” which depicted a sexual encounter with Satan. He also released a custom line of Nikes which included human blood shortly after the scene. This scene created a controversy in the conservative media, where people got infuriated and started criticizing Nas X on public platforms.
A small community of protesters who were ignited by the songs of ‘Lil Nas’ gathered together outside MGM Music Hall to show their hatred against his songs, but the superstar has always taken criticism positively, and in this situation, he took the entire incident lightly. In response to their protest, Nas X sent a pizza and a message saying that their protest against his songs was simply a great promotional opportunity, and after some time, one of his team members actually delivered a pizza to the protesters’ group.
Is Lil Nas X Married?
Lil Nas X was never shy about creating sensual lyrics and songs, but when it came to his personal life, he never shared much. As he is just 23 years old, he isn’t married yet, but he has had past relationships. He had his first relationship in high school at the age of 18, but he never revealed the name of the man that he dated.
After that, he had a few relationships that were a mystery to many fans. According to him, all the men he had dated had some kind of insecurity or were emotionally unavailable. Most recently, he dated “Yai Ariza,” whom he met on-screen during his music video “That’s What I Want.” During an interview, he revealed that his relationship with Ariza was organic and natural and that it ended on a good note.
However, currently, he is not actively looking for a partner because he doesn’t want to depend on anyone for his emotions, and in this way, no one can treat him like shit, so he prefers to be single and focus on his musical career.
Lil Nas X launches shoe collection
Nas launched “Satan shoes”, which became the centre of a new controversy. They had a bronze pentagram and an inverted cross with a drop of real human blood. These were launched in collaboration with MSCHE and were made using Nike Aix Max 97s. The sportswear brand Nike has distanced itself from the design of the shoes as it was completely ideated by “Lil Nas X” and MSCHE, as reported by CNN.
The shoes were sold within a few hours of the launch. The price of one pair was $1,018. Each shoe has 60 ccs of red ink with one drop of real blood. The blood was provided by members of the art collective, who were ready to sacrifice for their love of art. The blood was collected over a duration of one week through the same needle.