Lil Nas X seemingly came out as gay on Sunday, the last day of Pride Month 2019.
The rapper posted a tweet about his new song “C7osure” with the message “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.”
https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1145428812404068352
He then tweeted later on to clarify for people who were confused about him coming out, saying “deadass thought I made it obvious” along with artwork from his album featuring the colors of the rainbow, a symbol of LGBTQ pride:
deadass thought i made it obvious pic.twitter.com/HFCbVqBkLM
— ☆ (@LilNasX) June 30, 2019
The news comes a week after Lil Nas X hit the BET Awards stage alongside Billy Ray Cyrus to perform their hit “Old Town Road.”
“Old Town Road” has spent 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the longest-running No. 1 hit of 2019. The music video has garnered 137.1 million views on YouTube.