Lil Nas X accepts the award for top hot 100 song for “Old Town Road” at the Billboard Music Awards last October. As a gay Black rapper with a hit country-western song, LNX was already in outside the norm.
His latest hit single, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” cements his outlaw status. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Outlaw by default, celebrity by design “Mister, don’t take this the wrong way, but are you gay or bi?” a student asked during the last minutes of class. “Yes,” I answered without elaboration. “Which one?” I paused, then answered, “Why do you ask?” “You just … dress weird.
Like, who wears a shirt like that?” I looked down at my shirt. I was wearing a burnt sienna waffle knit with burgundy slacks, a business-casual outfit I felt