The life of Lil Nas X

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He just released his highly-anticipated album, "Montero".  From hiding his sexuality to protect his burgeoning career to being unapologetic about speaking out, this is the story of Lil Nas X.

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00:00You're going to realize Lil Nas X isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

00:19I used to always like depend on somebody else or other people like for that love and attention,

00:26you know, it's right here, you know, within me.

00:30So,

00:50I think we know we're all here today.

00:52Five of you will be getting roses and the rest of you will be going home.

01:00So,

01:10so,

01:28everything's like closing in on me, you know, it's time to stop music, go back to school.

01:34And then I find this beat on YouTube, like, which is an old town road.

02:04So,

02:11people always say like they love the

02:14the bridging, you know, it did for, you know,

02:17hip hop country and older and younger generations and it's just a wide love song.

02:34So,

02:43he's a young artist and, you know, it's amazing to see

02:46what somebody with a disruptive kind of mindset comes in and just really uses

02:55an interesting and artistic approach to it.

03:04So,

03:12it's a banger. It's a banger.

03:34So,

03:48I'm growing up to hate that.

03:50Hate what?

03:50Homosexuality.

03:52Gay people.

03:53Come on now.

03:53Why are you going to?

03:54If you're really from the hood, you know.

03:55I'm already moving forward and I'm becoming more free with everything I do.

04:00It was either going to be that or what?

04:02Like pretend this for the rest of my entire life

04:05and also not be able to express that in what I do, my music.

04:30So,

04:43I know like I'm here for a reason, you know,

04:46like be like especially definitely music, but it's like beyond that.

05:00I guess I like grew up a lot having like this hidden self-hatred,

05:16like for myself, you know, and not even realizing that it was there.

05:30So,

06:00I know I'm here for a much bigger reason, you know.

06:11So, I want to definitely step into these conversations, start these conversations

06:16because I know my word means something.

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