Opinion | Lil Nas X is doing what was once inconceivable

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.ZachStafford: There aren't many possibility models out there for how a Black queer person can exist within the world of music, especially where Lil Nas X found fame. That’s why his album’s release and anticipated success are so consequential.

The release of Lil Nas X's album "Montero" is a moment Black gay men have been longing for.Theo Wargo / Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS, MSNBC Opinion Columnist

In 2020 he became the first openly gay rapper to be nominated in top categories at the Grammys. Then he made history again when he kissed a male back-up dancer at the 2021 BET awards. We only have a few portrayals of Black queerness that aren’t stereotypical, such as"Moonlight," the 2017 Oscar winner for best picture; the groundbreaking FX show"Pose" which, sadly, has wrapped its final season; and, of course, Michael K. Williams, who on HBO’s “The Wire” and “Lovecraft Country” portrayed Black queer men like me in all our complicated glory.

To be a successful male in the music industry has generally required presenting a women-objectifying heterosexuality. But Lil Nas X has radically flipped that expectation on its head.

 

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