The singer came out publicly as gay in June of 2019 and has received continuous backlash from a particular demographic of Americans many fans who had enjoyed Nas’s hit songs like “Old Town Road” quickly ceased their support or condemned the artist after he had established a gay and unapologetically feminine image. On March 26th, 2021, the American singer Lil Nas X released a music video for his hit single “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name),”-the name playing off the title of a popular gay romance film from 2017-which featured provocative dancing, explicit language, and various symbols empowering his identity as a openly gay man in the music industry.
