September 29, 2021
Lil Nas X Opens Up About His Battle for Respect in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] Modern DayLil Nas X is a revolutionary forcing hip-hop to face the culture’s long-term issues with homophobia.Interview: Kris ExEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.This is how we speak. This is how we’ve spoken in hip-hop since we’ve been allowed to speak—crass and unfiltered, sexual and horny, direct yet metaphoric. It’s obviously not the only way we speak. (Despite a recent feature in The New York Times, which tried to convey tall-eyed surprise at the existence of a London rapper who doesn’t traffic in the tropes of many mainstream rappers. “While other rappers brag about sex, drugs and expensive cars, Jimothy...