Lil Nas X has officially come out as a Barb after previously denying claims that he ran
a Nicki Minaj stan account on Twitter.
What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver Music, and Lil Nas X has declared
his Barb status via Twitter, which has resurfaced old questions about a now-banned stan account
that was once believed to be run by Lil Nas X himself.
If you’re unfamiliar with the backstory, I’ll give you a quick recap.
In March 2018, before Lil Nas X blew up, a Nicki Minaj stan account with the username
@nasmaraj was suspended for tweetdecking.
If you’re unaware, tweetdecking is when accounts repost content from smaller accounts
to chase a viral tweet.
The Twitter user also had a corresponding Reddit profile with the same username, which
the account used to promote Lil Nas X music on multiple subreddits.
The Twitter account also has the same birthday as Lil Nas X, which is April 9… just sayin!
Later, the account was believed to be replaced with the username @nasmarai, where only the
last letter of the profile name was changed.
According to Twitter users, changing one letter in a username is an old suspended-tweetdecker
trick.
The username @nasmarai now has tweets that now show up under Lil Nas X’s Twitter handle.
According to 2019 research from Brian Feldman for Intelligencer, the tweets from the two
accounts share the same unique ID number at the end of the URL.
This means that the user we now know as @LilNasX previously had the username @nasmarai.
Despite all of this, Lil Nas X has previously stated that he’s not a Barb.
Billboard reported the initial story about Lil Nas X potentially running the Nicki Minaj
Twitter stan account in March 2019 and quickly corrected it, writing quote,
“Lil Nas X’s team has reached out to us to confirm that Lil Nas X did not run a Nicki
Minaj fanpage, despite Billboard’s initial reports.”
Then, during his April 2019 Hot 97 interview, the host questioned Lil Nas X on if he truly
is or was a Nicki stan, and his response sounded less than thrilled.
“Now you um, had been so active on social media, true or false I don’t know if there’s
an internet room but you were a big Nicki Minaj fan when you were younger?
Umm somewhat but you know that’s not how… it’s music things.”
So Barbz were shocked on Sunday night when Lil Nas X took to Twitter, writing, “life
is too short to pretend you’re not a barb”
When a fan replied to the tweet asking, “Wtf is a barb,” Lil Nas replied, saying “It’s
hard to explain.
It’s like a feeling and a state of being.”
If you know anything about Nicki Minaj’s fanbase, you know they’re quick to defend
their queen, and they don’t forget things easily.
One fan proved that when they replied to his tweet, writing, “Everybody a barb again
cuz it’s a trend but where was this energy miss nasmaraj when ppl was attacking Queen
Nicki on twitter...I see”
Another Barb tweeted, “so now you wanna be nasmaraj again”
And this fan shared similar sentiments, writing, “Oh look who’s coming out now miss nasmaraj,
I won’t forget what you said in the past tho”
So clearly, some Barbz are still convinced that Lil Nas X was indeed the person behind
the @nasmaraj Nicki stan account, despite his claims that he wasn’t running it.
One fan, however, had a request for Lil Nas X.
They replied to the original tweet saying, “Aye bro can u tell the barbs me and u cool
? Ion think they fw me atm”
To which Lil Nas X replied with, “i would have to be tier 5 barb to do that bro they
have demoted me to tier 1 i’m sorry”
While Lil Nas X may have been, in his words, “demoted to tier 1” level Barb, we’re
just happy he’s allowed to be in the fanbase at all!
But Nicki fans weren’t the only ones replying to Lil Nas X’s tweet.
This user replied writing, “I HOPE U NOT SHADING CARDI”
To which Lil Nas X replied back, saying, “they are both dope successful artists who still
have so much potential.
& i’m so thankful cardi hopped on rodeo. also i don’t shade ppl, only positivity
here.”
Phew, no tea no shade, it’s all love here!
Another account shared an alleged deleted reply from Lil Nas X, in which he wrote, “it’s
ok to like both.”
We’re not sure if this reply was real or photoshopped, but regardless, Lil Nas X has
made it clear that he’s got nothing but love and respect for both artists!
And for the record, it IS okay to like both, you know!
There’s no word yet from Nicki Minaj about all of this, but comment down below and let
us know what you think about Lil Nas X finally admitting to being a Barb.
Also, in case you missed it, Nicki hopped on the ‘Say So’ Remix with Doja Cat - it’s
sooo good!
Click right over here to hear all about this epic collaboration!
Thanks for watching!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, see ya later!