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Lil Nas X paused his gig in Atlanta, Georgia this week in order to take what he described as a “mean shit” backstage.The rapper was playing at the Coca-Cola Roxy on Tuesday (September 27) as part of his ‘Long Live Montero’ tour, when a call from nature paused the gig.During one of three costume change interludes, Lil Nas X remained off stage for a few minutes, with his voice then coming through the venue speakers.He told the crowd: “I’m backstage and this is not a part of the show, but I’m taking a mean shit.“I’m gonna be, like, a minute or two, and I’ll be right back,” he added.See footage below.Lil Nas X temporarily stopped his show in Atlanta for a bathroom emergency he announced to concertgoers.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Sam Smith released their TikTok-viral track, «Unholy,» with Kim Petras, Lil Nas X dropped «STAR WALKIN',» his new track in collaboration with League of Legends, and Giveon shared «Time,» his track from the upcoming David O.

Riot Games and Lil Nas X have released ‘STAR WALKIN”, the anthem for this year’s League Of Legends World Championship.The music video for ‘STAR WALKIN” is available to watch on YouTube, while the track is also available on all streaming platforms.As part of Lil Nas X’s collaboration with Riot Games, the music video for ‘STAR WALKIN” is set in San Francisco – the host of this year’s League Of Legends Worlds Final – and shows the city transform as the tournament’s competitors walk through. Like Riot Games’ past Worlds music videos, there are plenty of Easter eggs hidden for League Of Legends fans to spot.You can listen to ‘STAR WALKIN” and watch the music video below:“Lil Nas X tapped into our vision and took it to the next level,” shared Carrie Dunn, global head of creative for Riot’s esports team.

Lil Nas X was unfazed by homophobic protesters camped outside his recent show in Boston, instead extending an olive branch in the form of pizza.The rapper (real name Montero Hill) performed at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway last Sunday (September 20). Across the street from the venue’s entrance, a small group of Christian protestors convened to spout their bigoted messaging at those lined up for the show.Reposting a video taken by one of his fans, Hill joked that the protesters offered “really good promo”, noting that he’d “just told my team to send them pizza”.

Riot Games, the parent company behind League of Legends, has brought Lil Nas X on board as president of the popular arena battle video game. It doesn't sound like the responsibilities will involve the nitty gritty of day-to-day management.

Lil Nas X to shake up a red carpet! The  artist brought his A-game to the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. The 23-year-old turned heads — and had to balance his — as he walked the black carpet in a stunning feathered ensemble by Harris Reed. The «Scoop» rapper paired his chiseled abs with sleek leather pants that were accented with black feathers. The real star of the show was Nas' head piece that extended inches around his head.

Lil Nas X has nothing but love for Beyoncé’s just-released seventh album, ‘Renaissance’, the rapper has made clear in a new post shared on social media.READ MORE: Lil Nas X – ‘Montero’ review: ‘Old Town Road’ prankster makes his case as a Serious ArtistTaking to his Instagram Story overnight, the artist also known as Montero Hill “unironically” declared that Bey’s latest is “kinda changing my life somehow”.Since the album was released last Friday (July 29), Bey has received an outpouring of acclaim for its tight lyrics, radiant energy, emphasis on fun and musical experimentation. In NME’s own four-star review, for example, Kyann-Sian Williams described ‘Renaissance’ as “the sound of an artist refreshed” and Bey’s “most relentlessly upbeat and fun record yet”.Hill seems to agree with these notions, gushing in his Story that “so much intention was put into this [album]”, and affirming that Bey “really deserves every single flower thrown at her”.

Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X leading the pack with seven nominations each.Harry Styles and Doja Cat are close behind the trio with six nominations, followed by Taylor Swift on five. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Rosalía, and Ed Sheeran are also among the nominees with nods in multiple categories.The annual awards show will take place on August 28 this year.

most awarded singer in VMA history with 20 wins over the course of her long career — is now the only artist to be nominated in each of the show’s five decades after earning her 69th nomination for “MADAME X.”The annual ceremony premiered on MTV in 1984 as a way to celebrate the best in mainstream music — and the burgeoning multimedia boom it spawned.The 2022 show will air on Sunday, August 28th at 8 p.m. ET/PT live from the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

Years & Years has released his cover of Lil Nas X‘s ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ – you can listen to it below.Olly Alexander recorded a stripped-back acoustic version of the US artist’s hit 2021 single last summer as part of a ‘Home Session’ for Apple Music, as well as a fresh take on his own song ‘Starstruck’.“A while back I made a lil cover of ‘Montero’ by king @LilNasX and it’s now available across all streaming platforms,” Alexander wrote on social media to announce a full release of Years & Years’ take on the track today (July 15).You can listen to ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ on Spotify below, or via your desired online music service here.a while back i made a lil cover of ‘Montero’ by king @LilNasX and it’s now available across all streaming platforms!!

Lil Nas X has opened up about his strained relationship with Black Entertainment Television (BET), after taking numerous shots at the network this month.In early June, the rapper took to Twitter to address his exclusion from this year’s list of BET Awards nominees, writing in a since-deleted tweet that he’d received “an outstanding zero nominations again”. In another tweet, Lil Nas said he was using the opportunity to address “the bigger problem of homophobia in the Black community”.Last week, he followed up his criticisms by sharing new single ‘Late To Da Party’, a collaboration with YoungBoy Never Broke Again in which he repeatedly chants “Fuck BET”.

Jack Harlow is supporting his friend, Lil Nas X -- following his snub from this year's ceremony — on the 2022 BET Awards! On Sunday, the “First Class” rapper hit the carpet rocking a Lil Nas X T-shirt that he paired with Givenchy shoes and pants. Lil Nas X took to Twitter to react to his friend's fashion statement. «wow i really love this man,» the rapper responded to a tweet featuring a photo of Harlow from the carpet. Harlow and Lil Nas X collaborated together on the hit single, «Industry Baby.» Harlow was nominated for one BET Award this year, and Lil Nas X was nominated for none.

fake promotional ads that promised BBLs and homophobic dogs for pre-saving his latest single, Lil Nas X has released his highly anticipated track featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again. «Late to Da Party» is the first drop from the musician's forthcoming second album, which he's been teasing fans with snippets of since his surprise return to social media after nearly four months of silence. As Lil Nas X has become known for, the artist uses the video to mock his recent «feud» with the BET Awards. With YoungBoy Never Broke Again currently on house arrest, the  singer put his famous meme-making mastery and «the ancient power of video editing» to use in order to create the song's official video. «I just put like three up in the top 10 / Now I don't need nobody, I just need these CCs on my body,» Lil Nas X raps as he «travels» from his home to YoungBoy Never Broke Again against various greenscreen shots of a private jet, a convertible riding through the desert, and, eventually, the BET Awards stage.

released the artwork for his new single, “Late to Da Party,” on Thursday, which pictures the “Old Town Road” sensation peeing on a BET Award that’s already soaking in bodily fluid in a toilet. He also released a minute-long “Star Wars”-esque text crawl that addressed how BET “betrayed” the artist.The diss track comes as Nas X was completely snubbed by the 2022 BET Awards, which will air on Sunday.

Lil Nas X says when that it comes to inclusivity at awards show, there's still lots of room for progress. But the rapper is hopeful things will turn around for the better.The 23-year-old rapper made the statement when ET caught up with him on the red carpet at the 2022 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala Thursday night in New York City, where he was honored with the Hal David Starlight Award, which honors young songwriters impacting the music industry with original songs.«I think we have a long way to go in some places,» Lil Nas X tells ET, «but I feel like the world is definitely trying its best to change in many ways.»The comment came after the GRAMMY-winning rapper called out BET in since-deleted Tweets and blasted the network in a new track after he received zero nominations for the second year in a row.

Lil Nas X says when that it comes to inclusivity at awards show, there's still lots of room for progress. But the rapper is hopeful things will turn around for the better.The 23-year-old rapper made the statement when ET caught up with him on the red carpet at the 2022 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala Thursday night in New York City, where he was honored with the Hal David Starlight Award, which honors young songwriters impacting the music industry with original songs.«I think we have a long way to go in some places,» Lil Nas X tells ET, «but I feel like the world is definitely trying its best to change in many ways.»The comment came after the GRAMMY-winning rapper called out BET in since-deleted Tweets and blasted the network in a new track after he received zero nominations for the second year in a row.

Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter has been spotted in the studio with Lil Nas X sparking rumours that the pair are working together.In a studio video shared by the the ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker earlier this week, and then re-shared by fans on TikTok, a man who looks like Bangalter can be seen briefly walking into shot with a guitar.Neither artist has confirmed nor shared any info about their potential collaboration. NME has reached out to Lil Nas X’s team for comment.J'hallucine ou c'est Thomas Bangalter en studio avec Lil Nas X ???? pic.twitter.com/EF87y7Vupl— Phoenix 909 (@Phoenix_909) June 15, 2022It’s the first alleged sighting of either member of Daft Punk – Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – in the studio since announcing their split back in February last year, after being together for 28 years.The Parisian duo, who are considered to be one of the most influential electronic acts of all time, confirmed the news in an eight-minute video called ‘Epilogue’ which featured footage from their 2006 sci-fi film Electroma.Their final performance came in 2017, when they joined The Weeknd to perform the latter track at the Grammys.

Lil Nas X has shared a snippet of a new song on his Twitter page, writing in the accompanying caption “yet another snippet i’ll never release”.The video, which you can view below, shows Lil Nas seated and lip-syncing to the song’s lyrics, before he gets up to dance as the beat comes in.In March, the artist said his new album is “close to finished” when responding to a fan about new music on social media. He then returned to Twitter for the first time since December and shared new screenshots of new songs, as well as a lengthy clip of new music.yet another snippet i’ll never release pic.twitter.com/sF9PXwZRcz— obamas cousin (@LilNasX) June 11, 2022Last week, he also posted a clip on Twitter, in which he lip-syncs along to an unreleased song which opens with him repeating the phrase “Fuck BET” several times.

Lil Nas X‘s upset about being snubbed for its 2022 awards, explaining that no one at the awards body was on the voting panel.The Grammy award-nominated rapper expressed dismay at receiving “an outstanding zero nominations again”, marking a two-year run without a nod at the awards which recognises the work of African Americans in the entertainment industry.A BET spokesperson has now issued the following statement to Deadline: “We love Lil Nas X. He was nominated for a Best New Artist BET Award in 2020, and we proudly showcased his extraordinary talent and creativity on the show twice: he performed “Old Town Road” with Billy Ray Cyrus at BET Awards 2019 and his BET Awards 2021 performance was a highlight of our show.

Lil Nas X released a new song slamming BET after calling out the network for leaving him off the list of this year's nominees for the BET Awards.The  rapper previewed the track, which appeared to be titled, «F**K BET,» in a video shared to Twitter Tuesday. In the clip, a shirtless Lil Nas X raps along with the song which calls out the network for snubbing him, while listing his accolades as a chart-topping artist.The song comes just days after the 23-year-old took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about being snubbed by the show for the second year in a row — and on the first day of Pride Month and Black Music Month, too.«Thank you, BET Awards.

Lil Nas X has doubled down on his criticisms of Black Entertainment Television (BET) in a new track, after he was not nominated for any of the network’s BET Awards this year.In a clip posted to Twitter, Lil Nas lip-syncs along to an unreleased song which opens with him repeating the phrase “Fuck BET” several times. He then goes on to note how successful he has been without their support.

Lil Nas X is calling out the BET Awards for their lack of support of «Black excellence.» After the network announced the nominations for this year's awards on Wednesday morning, the  artist took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about being snubbed by the show for the second year in a row — and on the first day of Pride Month and Black Music Month, too.«Thank you, BET Awards. An outstanding zero nominations again,» the 23-year-old sarcastically wrote in a now-deleted tweet.

Lil Nas X has expressed his frustration after receiving zero nominations at this year's BET Awards. in a series of since-deleted tweets first posted on Wednesday, Nas suggested that the success of his album Montero merited recognition while also highlighting the fact that he was shut out in 2021, too. “thank you, bet awards.

Lil Nas X has aired his thoughts about being excluded from this year’s list of BET Award nominees.In a series of since-deleted Tweets posted yesterday (June 1), the rapper directly addressed BET – an awards body which specifically recognises African Americans in entertainment – before referencing his two-year run without a nomination.“thank you, bet awards. an outstanding zero nominations again.

Lil Nas X is set to be honoured at 2022 Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony next month.On June 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, the rapper and pop star will become the latest recipient of the Hal David Starlight Award, which is awarded to “gifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs.”Others to have previously won the award in the past include Drake, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Halsey, John Legend and more.Nile Rodgers, chair of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said: “Lil Nas X is someone we are very proud to award the Hal David Starlight Award to.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, The Chicks, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume, Paramore and Lil Nas X all set to perform headline sets across the six-day festival. As it has for the past eight IRL editions, ACL ’22 will be held over two weekends in October. Each will feature a vastly different bill, though many acts – including the likes of Diplo, Wallows, The War On Drugs, Conan Gray, Spoon and Japanese Breakfast – will perform sets on both weekends.Other names appearing on both line-ups include Sofi Tukker, Omar Apollo, Arlo Parks, Pinkpantheress, Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats, The Midnight, Oliver Tree and Genesis Owusu. 39 names are down to perform exclusively during the first weekend, with standouts including Lil Durk, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rag ’N’ Bone Man, Slayyyter, James Blake, Manchester Orchestra and Muna.

Lil Nas X took music's top honor at the 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards on Friday. The rapper was crowned with the Outstanding Music Artist award in New York City at the event that strives for equal representation for the LGBTQ community in Hollywood.It's the second time in three years Lil Nas X brings home the honor, making him the eighth artist to repeat as a winner in that category.

Jack Harlow has opened up about Lil Nas X, saying that some of the homophobic reactions to the latter’s work shows there’s still much “progress to be made” in hip-hop.Harlow was speaking in an interview with The Guardian where he reflected on working with Lil Nas X on their 2021 hit ‘Industry Baby’.After calling him a “boundary pusher”, Harlow added that some of the reaction to Lil Nas X’s work showed there was still much work to be done in hip-hop when it comes to eradicating homophobia.“The totally inappropriate reaction to [Lil Nas X] lets you know that we still have some progress to be made,” Harlow said when speaking about LGBTQ+ artists in hip-hop.“And you hear it in passing; there’s still some homophobia going on. But he’s taking the hit that artists won’t have to take in the future.

Lil Nas X has joked that he wants The Wiggles to join him on his recently announced ‘Long Live Montero’ tour – and the children’s entertainers are keen.“trying really hard to get the wiggles to coheadline the tour with me,” Lil Nas, a prolific social media prankster, tweeted yesterday (April 27).