" I ’m just an creative person expressing myself in different ways . "
There’s controversy overLil Nas Xagain.
On Nov. 29, Nas shared a video of new song and asked his fans, “y’all mind if I enter my Christian era?”
In thevideo, he danced around with long hair and a jean skirt, singing lyrics like “Father stretch my hands / the lonely road seems to last the longest / help me with my plans / everything seems to go to nowhere.”
y’ all mind if i come in my christian era ? pic.twitter.com/A6FHTK3MOE
On the surface, it appeared that there was nothing controversial about the song. But, the 24-year-old artist still received backlash, being accused of making a mockery of Christianity.
Here’s some of what they had to say:
EvenFast and FuriousactorTyrese Gibsonwrote, “Y’all gone learn to stop playing with God…” and accusedLil Nas Xof “making a mockery about Jesus” with his new music.
Inresponseto Tyrese, Nas wrote: “This really crazy cuz all I did was post a song about asking God for hope when you feel hopeless and y’all acting like I posted a video of me burning a church down and peeing on a nativity scene.”
Now, Nas hasrespondedto more backlash, highlighting a valid point about criticism of his past work. “I hate how the world successfully changed the narrative of the ‘Call Me By Your Name’ video,” he wrote in X post (formerly known as Twitter).
“Y’all hate that I symbolically took ownership of the very place y’all condemned gay people to,” he continued. “So you’ve flipped the script and convinced everyone that it’s about me ‘mocking God.'”
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On Nov. 30, hewrote, “Y’all see everything I do as a gimmick. When in reality, I’m just an artist expressing myself in different ways. Whether I’m a cowboy, gay, satanic, or now Christian, y’all find a problem! Y’all don’t police nobody else art like mine. Y’all hate me because I’m fun, cute, and petite.”
People are having mixed reactions to Lil Nas X’s new “era” and response to the backlash, and it makes you wonder who’s right and who’s wrong in this scenario?
Y’all mad at lil nas x for mock Christianity when Christianity be mock tf outta y all queer piece of tail . Y’all get tiff on in them church bench and smile about it .
Lil Nas X gets masses down right furious for simply breathing . Y’all are carmine red-hot mad over him singing a vocal to god while wear a wig and chick but your aunties do that every Sunday .
