If a bit of a troll, in a good cause…
“Little” ?????? https://t.co/vbCINpvqHj
— MONTERO (@LilNasX) March 30, 2022
Backstory (see also):
Last year, Lil Nas X celebrated the release of his then-upcoming album, Montero, with a baby registry (https://t.co/z6bUfx3Cvh), asking fans to donate to an LGBTQ+ organization of their choosing. That registry garnered almost $500,000 and now, those seeds are bearing fruit.
— Kisandey (@IamKisandey1) March 30, 2022
The money raised will now be distributed across the COMPASS Initiative, a campaign from Gilead Sciences aimed at stopping the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern U.S.
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 31, 2022
Thank you so much to @LilNasX for partnering with @BeOurCOMPASS for his Montero baby registry!!!
Funds donated to The Normal Anomaly Initiative are going towards helping create an experience for Black Queer people, that will in turn go back into our programming. pic.twitter.com/6Uhd3ORin8— The Normal Anomaly Initiative (@_NormalAnomaly) March 29, 2022
Baud
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Villago Delenda Est
Doing the right thing. Lil Nas X, /highfive.
Dan B
It’s great when celebrities use their fame for good. He has the talent and sex appeal to be an egotistical price but seems to have zero cynicism. Lil Nas X for the win!
Origuy
Lil NasX is a class act. Since this is a Good Things thread:
Inside the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Quest to Understand a Rare Carnivore
The Hoopa tribe of Northern California have been monitoring the population of fishers, a member of the weasel family, since 2005. Fishers are culturally significant as well as endangered.
WaterGirl
Anne Laurie, you are 100x more clued in to popular culture than I am. My hat goes off to you.
Brachiator
Very cool story.
Ohio Mom
(Goes off to google who Lil NasX is)
eclare
Such a good story. His videos are masterful, mini-movies.
UncleEbeneezer
Lil Nas X is great. Anyone who can make Conservatives cry as easily and brilliantly as he does gets my full approval. And yes, his videos are amazing!
eclare
@UncleEbeneezer: I replied to your post about the Jan 6 investigation downstairs. It’s as if no one here has watched The Wire.
Lums Better Half
This is awesome.
i’m afraid I don’t understand the “baby registry” aspect though.
WaterGirl
@Lums Better Half: Me neither!
Old School
@Lums Better Half: The new album was his “baby.”
Lums Better Half
Artist as parent of an artistic work (the album)?
Damn ninjas!
eclare
His album was his baby…
Benw
Lil Nas X rules. Montero is a bop. Fun fact: Old Town Road is Trent Reznor’s lone #1 song
Alison Rose ???
That is so awesome. Now I’m gonna go listen to Montero all the way through again for the……I don’t know, 645th time?
MomSense
Love Lil Nas X. I have been following him since he was a YouTube influencer – long before Old Town Road.
West of the Rockies
@Ohio Mom:
Short answer: he is a compelling and talented young entertainer.
PaulB
Lil Nax X goes “undercover” and responds to posts on Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram. A highlight:
Fan: “How does Lil Nas X make money?”
Lil Nas X: “Nas make song about horse. Nas make song about sandwich. Money come.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_JjNnGUOfE
NotMax
Not someone within my cultural awareness purview.
Is the X as in Malcolm or just a coincidental affectation?
eclare
@PaulB: Great video!
eclare
@NotMax: To me nothing implies Malcolm X, but others here may know more.
Lyrebird
@Lums Better Half:
@WaterGirl:
The baby registry is amazing, he is a mensch. I read somewhere that the cover was a send-up of another musician’s album cover – I think – with his pregnant wife or significant other.
Here he says it was from a joking comment from his stylist, though.
opiejeanne
This is how I was introduced to Lil NasX:
https://youtu.be/r7qovpFAGrQ
Ohio Mom
@West of the Rockies: I googled him, he’s adorable.
opiejeanne
@Ohio Mom: He is, and the video I linked to is fun.
Another Scott
@opiejeanne: Zooks!
925M+ views!
Excellent!
There’s a longer “movie” version, with 631M+ views. Zooks…
Cheers,
Scott.
eachother
“Old Town Road” got me through the disorientation of the early pandemic times. An awards version below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Vjvz1NPN8