Rapper-of-the-moment Lil Nas X, who catapulted into stardom with his mega-hit <a href="http://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/lil-nas-x-did-a-surprise-performance-at-an-elementary-school-and-it-was-wild/">Old Town Road</a>, has appeared to come out as gay. The 20-year-old appeared to announce the news via his Twitter account, which called on his fans to pay close attention to a lyric in his song C7osure from his new EP entitled 7 EP. Yesterday marked the final day of Pride Month, and in his tweet, Lil Nas (real name Montero Hill) wrote: "some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm [f*** with me] no more. But before this month ends I want y'all to listen closely to c7osure." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1145428812404068352]] C7osure begins with the words: "True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free" before the lyrics in question at the end of the song go: "Ain't no more actin', man that forecast say I should just let me grow. No more red light for me, baby, only green, I gotta go. Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold. This is what I gotta do, can't be regrettin' when I'm old." And in addition to this, Lil Nas later tweeted a picture of one of his performance sets kitted out in LGBTQ+ colours, saying: "deadass thought I made it obvious." The reaction has largely been supportive; such as one tweeter who <a href="https://twitter.com/FightCentralTV/status/1145433512151003137" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote</a>: "Ik what you're talking about and I accept you bro, everyone should tbh you coming out shouldn't change people's views about you cause at the end of the day you're still the same lil nas X we all know and love!" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1145470707150860289]] Lil Nas X's Old Town Road has topped the US charts since April, and his EP is currently at No. 2 in the charts, behind the new album from the Raconteurs.

Lil Nas X has come out as gay

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