Lil Nas X's parents divorced when he was six, and he settled in the Bankhead Courts housing project in the Bankhead neighborhood of Atlanta with his mother and grandmother.
37 Facts About Lil Nas X
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Lil Nas X began playing trumpet in the fourth grade and was first chair by his junior high years, but quit out of fear of looking uncool.
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Lil Nas X then enrolled at the University of West Georgia, where he majored in computer science, but later dropped out after one year to pursue a musical career.
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Lil Nas X spent large amounts of time online in hopes of building a following as an internet personality to promote his work, but was unsure what to focus on creatively.
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However, in May 2020, Lil Nas X admitted, in a tweet, to being a fan of Minaj.
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Lil Nas apologized to Minaj, saying he "felt so bad, hoping u wouldn't see my denial".
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Lil Nas X adopted the name Lil Nas X, which is a tribute to the rapper Nas.
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On July 24,2018, Lil Nas released his first mixtape Nasarati on SoundCloud, though it was not received with immediate fame; Nasarati would be removed from streaming services soon after the release of Old Town Road due to a copyright conflict and therefore would never gain significant traction.
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On December 3,2018, Lil Nas X released the country rap song "Old Town Road".
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Lil Nas X recorded at a "humble" Atlanta studio, CinCoYo, on their "$20 Tuesdays" taking less than an hour.
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Lil Nas X began creating memes to promote "Old Town Road" before it was picked up by short-form video social media TikTok users.
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Lil Nas X released his debut extended play, titled 7, on June 21,2019.
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On June 23,2019, Lil Nas X performed with Cyrus at the 2019 BET Awards.
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On July 7,2020, Lil Nas X revealed that his debut album was "almost finished".
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Lil Nas X stated that he was working on a mixtape, and invited producers to submit their beats for his new music.
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On March 29,2021, Lil Nas X partnered with New York-based art collective MSCHF to release a modified pair of Nike Air Max 97s called Satan Shoes, which may be seen on Satan's feet in the music video used to promote the release of "Montero ".
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Lil Nas X filed a trademark lawsuit against MSCHF in New York federal court.
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Lil Nas X responded to the lawsuit with a meme on Twitter showing himself as the character Squidward, homeless and asking for money.
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Lil Nas X performed the song alongside "Montero " at Saturday Night Live a day later, where he suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a pole dance routine when the seam of his trousers split, leaving him unable to finish it properly.
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Lil Nas X posted a snippet of a previously teased track called "Industry Baby".
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On October 23,2021, Lil Nas X made a surprise appearance at Diplo's set at Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas.
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Lil Nas X posted a preview of the track "Lean on My Body".
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On June 24,2022, Lil Nas X released "Late to da Party", and later clarified via Twitter that it was "not a lead single".
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Lil Nas X said that the album would be "something fun, something for the summertime, something for the girls to get ready and party to".
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On October 19,2022, Lil Nas X invited Saucy Santana on his tour to perform the intro of Down Souf Hoes with an additional previously unheard verse.
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On March 17,2023, Lil Nas X performed an extended play of the intro of the song during his Lollapoloza Chile performance.
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The "Old Town Road" remix with Cyrus has been nominated for a People's Choice Award for Song of 2019, Lil Nas X was nominated for "Male Artist of 2019" at the 45th People's Choice Awards.
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Lil Nas X's success caused him to become the first person of color and the first openly gay performer to be listed by Forbes in its annual Highest-Paid Country Acts List.
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At 19 weeks at number one, Lil Nas X holds the record for the most weeks since the chart was first introduced in 1958.
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Lil Nas X has been noted for his public fashions; in July 2019, Vogue noted Lil Nas X as a "master" at giving the cowboy aesthetic a glam look in his appearances and on Instagram.
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In July 2020, Lil Nas X modeled in a trailer video for a new skincare line by Rihanna's Fenty Beauty.
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In May 2023, Lil Nas X attended the Met Gala wearing only silver body paint, a thong, and high-heeled platform shoes, with his face covered with rhinestones.
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Lil Nas X's look was inspired by the late German fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette.
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In early June 2019, Lil Nas X came out to his sister and father and he felt "the universe was signalling him to do so", despite his uncertainty whether his fans would stick by him or not.
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Lil Nas X is the recipient of multiple awards including two Grammy Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, two BET Hip Hop Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards and two American Music Awards.
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Lil Nas X has been awarded by Songwriters Hall of Fame as the youngest honoree of the Hal David Starlight Award.
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On September 1,2021, The Trevor Project announced that Lil Nas X is the recipient of its inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year award.