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After ‘Old Town Road,’ Lil Nas X Says He Doesn’t Want to ‘Milk Any of My Songs Like That Again’
Lil Nas X is making some adjustments to his music rollout plans. On Friday, the two-time Grammy winner revealed to his fans on Twitter that he had intended to release new music in April, following the highly successful October release of his self-titled debut album Montero, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.] When asked why he didn’t extend rollouts for some of his most beloved tracks, including “Scoop” and “Dead Right Now,” Lil Nas X tweeted Friday (July 8), “Yeah that was a mistake on my part i admit, i was hoping to have new album ready and new material by april of this year but God said no.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news He further addressed his music dilemma after another Twitter user suggested that he “milk” his newest ...
Lil Nas X Reveals Relationship With BET Has Been “Painful & Strained”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mark Sagliocco / Getty “Culture’s biggest night,” aka the 2022 BET Awards, was missing one person, Lil Nas X. The rapper decided to speak on his relationship, or lack thereof, with the network. Lil Nas X & BET Were Never On The Same Page Ahead of the BET Awards 2022, Lil Nas X made it clear how he felt about the network and its annual awards show after he was snubbed. In a statement issued to Rolling Stone, the “Old Town Road” crafter revealed he and the network had not seen eye-to-eye, alluding to some behind-the-scenes issues. Related Stories “My relationship with BET has been painful and strained for quite some time. It didn’t start with this year’s nominations like most people might think,” Lil Nas X said. “They did let me perform on their show la...
Jack Harlow Rocks Lil Nas X Shirt At BET Awards To Protest Snub
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Many people took issue with BET snubbing Lil Nas X from the annual BET Awards (on Pride Day no less) and surprisingly enough, Jack Harlow turned out to be the most vocal person on the subject. According to Popsugar, the “Nail Tech” artist decided to protest the Lil Nas X snub and took to the awards show rocking a Lil Nas X shirt and posed up a storm on the red carpet in the attire to let everyone know LNX should’ve been there with him. He was. In spirit… and in shirt. Still, we’re sure Lil Nas X would’ve preferred to have been there as he’s been vocal about his displeasure over being snubbed. Prior to the show, Lil Nas X called out the network after receiving zero nominations this year, despite being awarded with various accolades fr...
Lil Nas X Takes Direct Aim at BET in ‘Late to Da Party’ Feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again: Stream Now
Lil Nas X‘s new single “Late to Da Party” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again has arrived — and he’s taking direct aim at BET. After weeks of the rapper sharing his displeasure with the network after he received zero nominations for Sunday’s BET Awards, the song both starts and ends with the chant “F— BET (yeah), f— BET (yeah), f— BET (yeah, yeah).” The track dropped first thing Friday (June 24), following a slew of Lil Nas X’s punchy promos, which included jokes and insults aimed at BET. “LATE TO DA PARTY OUT TONIGHT!” the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper captioned a Star Wars-themed parody video the morning of release day. The video text opens with an explicit message for BET, then continues in yellow text on black background, a la the films: “NBA YOUNGBOY is on house arres...
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Rumored to Be Working On Music With Lil Nas X
Cue the Daft Punk rumor mill. The electronic music community has been waiting on bated breath for some semblance of a comeback by the legendary duo, who shockingly disbanded in early 2021 after 28 years “Around The World.” Now, thanks to a serendipitous video shared by Lil Nas X, fans of Daft Punk may soon hear music produced by one of the beloved robots. Eagle-eyed fans have lit a fuse on social media after spotting a man in the studio with Lil Nas X who closely resembles Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. In the video, which was shared via X’s Instagram Stories, he scurries past the chart-topping “Industry Baby” artist with a guitar in hand, leading many to speculate if the two are working on new music. It’s important to note that the video doesn̵...
Lil Nas X Goes After BET Awards For Snubbing Him, Teases “F*ck BET!” Diss Track
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Lil Nas X had choices words for BET after he was snubbed by the BET Awards, receiving zero nominations. After tweeting and deleting sharp words at the network, the Montero star resumed and doubled down on his attack. Lil Nas X Has Beef With The BET Awards On Tuesday (June 7), a shirtless Nas X posted a video captioned “F*ck BET! F*ck BET!” and the trap-influenced bop of the track was heard in the background with the artist rapping along. Related Stories Nas X posted another tweet announcing the track “late to da party” featuring NBA YoungBoy, which is the name of the aforementioned track. “[T]his not over no bet award this is about the bigger problem of homophobia in the black community, y’all can sit and pretend all u want but imma r...
Lil Nas X Responds to BET Awards Snub, Queen Latifah Speaks Out
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Lil Nas X is voicing his opinion after receiving zero nominations at the 2022 BET Awards. After BET revealed the nominations for its 2022 BET Awards last week, the Montero artist took to social media to call out the legendary for not receiving any nominations despite his album, Montero‘s monstrous success. Taking to Twitter, in a series of since-deleted tweets, the Grammy Award-winning artist expressed his frustrations over the lack of nominations with a tweet that read: “thank you bet awards. an outstanding zero nominations again. black excellence!” After a commenter asked why Lil Nas X thought he deserved a nomination, the artist responded, “[I don’t know] maybe 3 of the biggest songs of last year & a critically acc...
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lil Nas X, Paramore Lead ACL Festival Lineup
Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, The Chicks, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, Flume, Paramore and Lil Nas X lead the lineup for this year’s ACL Festival, which will be held the weekends of Oct. 7-9 and 14-16 across nine stages at Austin’s Zilker Park. Lil Nas X’s participation comes after he tweeted last month that he wouldn’t perform in Texas because his ex lives in the state. Also on the bill are Diplo, The War On Drugs, Zhu, Japanese Breakfast, Billy Strings, Jazmine Sullivan, Spoon, Robert Glasper, Arlo Parks and Manchester Orchestra. Carly Rae Jepsen, Lil Durk, James Blake, Kevin Morby and GAYLE are among the acts that will perform only on weekend one, while Phoenix, Yungblud, Wet Leg, Faye Webster and Princess Nokia will appear only during weekend two. Three-day tickets go on sale at 12 p.m. CT tod...
Here Are the DMs Jack Harlow Sent to ‘Hometown Hero’ Bryson Tiller When He Was 17
Years after then-teenager Jack Harlow messaged Grammy-nominated singer/rapper Bryson Tiller, crediting him for bringing Louisville artists to the mainstream, Tiller is putting his support behind the rising star. “Get ready for my bro Jack’s new album. Soon you’ll see why he is number 1. MAY 6th,” Tiller tweeted on Thursday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Harlow replied, tweeting, “Dreams come true,” alongside a series of direct messages he previously sent the “Don’t” hitmaker.” In the messages, dated June 30, 2015, Harlow wrote to Tiller, “Just wanted to hit your DMs and say thank you for what you’re doing for the 502. truly putting us on the map.” In the next message, Harlow added, “Obviously we are from the same city and have a lot of mutual...
Lil Nas X Taking His Hits On The Road With ‘Long Live Montero Tour’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: R1 / Lil Nas X Long Live Montero Tour Thanks to his first-ever headlining tour, Lil Nas X is coming to an arena near you. Lil Nas X has proven his staying power in the music industry, and it makes perfect sense that he is taking his antics and his hits on the road. The “Industry Baby” crafter announced his Long Live Montero Tour on Twitter, his first-ever headlining tour that will take him across the states and overseas. The tour will see Lil Nas X, who has a flair for putting on some fantastic stage performances, kick his 14 U.S. date tour off on Sept. 6 in Detroit before he hops on the jet to Europe for seven days, wrapping everything up in Barcelona on Nov. 17. Pre-sale for the tickets has already begun, with new and existing Cash App card holders bein...
Lil Nas X Is Finally Going on Tour
Social media king and hitmaker Lil Nas X will finally hit the old town road for his first-ever tour. Here’s a message from the artist himself: [embedded content][embedded content] Dubbed the Long Live Montero tour, Lil Nas X will be zigzagging across North America and Europe in support of his Grammy-nominated debut, Montero. The “That’s What I Want” singer will kick things off in September in Detroit and be out until mid-November. The North American jaunt will close with an October 23 show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. General public tickets for the North American shows go on sale at 10 am local on Friday, April 29. Tickets for the European dates go on sale at 10 am local on Friday, May 6. All tickets can be found through the Long Live Montero tour website. Lil Nas ...
Vevo Confirms Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West & Other Artists YouTube Pages Were “Vandalized”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty You were not alone if you stopped by Vevo pages recently to watch some music videos and experienced some weirdness. Vevo has acknowledged The Weeknd, Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, and other artists’ pages were the victim of an “attack” by someone who goes by the Twitter handle @lospelaosbro. First reported by The Verge, people who visited those pages Wednesday (Apr.6) were greeted by weird clips featuring rapper Lil Tjay and a man named Paco Sanz, who was sent to prison for being a scammer after grifting donations claiming he had cancer. Vevo confirmed the intrusions to Engadget, telling the website, “some videos were directly uploaded to a small number of Vevo artist channels earli...
