NEWSFLASH! Lil Nas X wants you to know he’s a member of the LGBQ+ community.
The popular rapper is riding high off of the success of “Old Town Road,” which has been the No. 1 song in the U.S. since April, breaking streaming records previously set by Drake and holding off two different new Taylor Swift singles.
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Lil Nas X hit the tweets for a special announcement yesterday (June 30), which just so happened to be the last day of World Pride Day 2019.
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The rapper announced the news by pointing to the lyrics of “C7osure” from his new 7 EP, stating: “some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure.”
some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. ??? pic.twitter.com/O9krBLllqQ
— nope (@LilNasX) June 30, 2019
The tweet also included a rainbow emoji, which is often used as the symbol for Pride. Coincidentally, the announcement fell on the final day of Pride Month.
True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free. Ain’t no more actin’, man that forecast say I should just let me grow.
No more red light for me baby, only green, I gotta go/Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold/This is what I gotta do, can’t be regrettin’ when I’m old.
Later, Lil Nas X hit the net again, to point out the artwork for the song, stating, “deadass thought i made it obvious.”