Lil Nas X showed off several impressive fits for his GQ cover story, as he hopes to influence his peers to be more expressive. Ten years from now, everything that I’m doing won’t even seem like it was shocking.' The rapper has broken the internet more times in one year than most do in their. From his boundary-pushing videos and jaw-dropping performances, Lil Nas X knows how to keep his name in the headlines. The openly gay rapper posed in a now-viral pregnancy photo shoot ahead of his upcoming album release. There’s going to be more trans people in the industry and what not. Lil Nas X continues to win at the internet.
Regardless, in his interview with GQ, Lil Nas X explained that gay rappers like him are only the beginning of a cultural shift in hip-hop that will see more LGBTQ+ artists in the near future: 'The whole landscape is very hyper-masculine. I do feel like this newer generation of rappers who are coming in, and the ones who are here, are going to have to reshape their thoughts. He considers himself a pioneer for the LGBTQ+ in the music industry and in hip-hop, although iLoveMakonnen insisted he started the wave of gay rappers. Since then, there have been many who have criticized his lifestyle and approach, but he feeds off the energy of his haters.
He first became vocal about this issue when he revealed he was gay in the summer of 2019. Being exuberant with his appearance has always been Nas X's brand, and helped to forward his advocacy for self-expression.
