- For other uses, see Nas (disambiguation).
Montero Lamar Hill (born: April 9, 1999), better known on stage as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter who is best known for his single "Old Town Road".
Early life[]
Before living up to his celebrity name Lil Nas X, Montero Lamar Hill was born in Lithia Springs, Georgia on April 9, 1999. His parents divorced when he was at age six. After his parents' divorce, he settled at the Bankhead Courts housing project with his mother and grandmother. Three years later, he moved in with his father, a gospel singer, at Austell, Georgia.
When Hill turned thirteen, he spent much of his teenage life alone, constantly using the internet and using social media sites such as Twitter. Hill graduated from Lithia Springs High School in 2017. He attended the University of West Georgia for one year until dropping out to pursue a musical career. During this time, he stayed with his sister and worked jobs at Zaxby's and Six Flags.
Musical career[]
7 EP[]
On December 3, 2018, Lil Nas X released "Old Town Road" as a single. A music video remixed and featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was released on YouTube on July 18, 2019. The remix was certified 14x platinum on January 2021, becoming the highest certification of any music track up to date. The music video on YouTube has over 600 million views as of up to date. Three days later, on July 21, 2019, Lil Nas X released his extended play titled 7. The EP included eight tracks, including both versions of Old Town Road (the original version and remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) as well. In October 2019, he released the music video for his song "Panini" which became one of his biggest music videos. Later that year, he would release the remix of the song "Rodeo" with Nas and would also be nominated for the 2020 Grammys with also the music video for "Rodeo" being released in February 2020.
Controversies[]
Satanist allegations[]
On January 12, 2024, Nas's song "J Christ"s music video was released, and it was met with tons of backlash, such as the lyrics which contain the phrase "Back up out the grave site, b*tch, I'm built like J Christ", and its infamous music video, which features a scene of Nas being crucified like Jesus, and several other biblical depictions being shown in the music video, such as Noah leading a bunch of animals to Noah's Ark.[1] Nas had since issued an apology following the controversy, saying that he wasn't trying to disrespect Jesus or any religion.[2]
Discography[]
- Montero (2021)
Tours[]
- Long Live Montero Tour (2022–23)
Trivia[]
- He is Gay.[3][4]
- He originally owned a Nicki Minaj fan account before he became known for Old Town Road.[5]
- He has two brothers, Lamarco & Tramon Hill, as well as 3 half-brothers, Robert Sleepy, Jamal Newsome, Labrock Anderson. Also, he has two older half-sisters: Bianca & Shaquisha Hill.
- He has a friendly rivalry with singer Doja Cat.
- He is 6'2" (188 centimeters) tall.
- He has two Bernese Mountain Dogs.[6]
- He visited the Dream SMP to build a treehouse.
- He had a Roblox concert event on November 2020.
- He won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2020 for Favorite Breakout New Artist.[7]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: May 1, 2019
- 2 million subscribers: May 23, 2019
- 3 million subscribers: June 17, 2019
- 4 million subscribers: July 8, 2019
- 5 million subscribers: August 9, 2019
- 6 million subscribers: September 9, 2019
- 7 million subscribers: October 11, 2019
- 8 million subscribers: December 8, 2019
- 9 million subscribers: March 29, 2020
- 10 million subscribers: September 24, 2020
- 11 million subscribers: December 5, 2020
- 12 million subscribers: March 27, 2021
- 13 million subscribers: April 20, 2021
- 14 million subscribers: June 12, 2021
- 15 million subscribers: August 7, 2021[8]
- 16 million subscribers: September 18, 2021
- 17 million subscribers: November 5, 2021
References[]
- ↑ https://www.globalvillagespace.com/lil-nas-xs-j-christ-sparks-controversy-with-bold-biblical-imagery/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lil-nas-x-issues-apology-j-christ-single-evil-demon-guy-1235872446/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230212022329/https://www.out.com/celebs/2023/1/13/lil-nas-x-tweets-about-possibly-being-little-bisexual
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190701091253/https://pitchfork.com/news/lil-nas-x-comes-out-as-gay/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190903195758/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/lil-nas-x-tweetdecker-old-town-road
- ↑ https://mashable.com/article/lil-nas-x-adopts-dogs
- ↑ https://www.etonline.com/kids-choice-awards-2020-complete-list-of-winners-145789
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_ZgS4w1b0&lc=Ugy4XgxtwGomkRetGdx4AaABAg
