What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Nicki Minaj responded to Lil Nas X, who
recently admitted denying being a fan of hers for years in fear of being outed as gay.
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Alright so here’s what went down, for a long time it was rumored that Lil Nas X was
behind the now-extinct Nicki Minaj fan account @nasmaraj.
Without getting into the entire backstory, we’ve linked another video for you above
if you want to know more on why fans believed Lil Nas X was behind the stan account.
Nevertheless, while many fans assumed it was Lil Nas X behind the account, he kept it a
secret.
And he was really cagey when asked about his Nicki Minaj fandom in interviews.
“Now you um, had been so active on social media.
True or false, I don’t know if this is an internet rumor, but you were a big Nicki Minaj
fan when you were younger?
Umm, somewhat but you know, that’s now how, it’s music things.”
Though Lil Nas X left some clues for fans, like when he was spotted listening to Nicki
Minaj music in the background of videos like this IG Live of his.
And while he left these subtle clues of him being a Barb, in May this year Lil Nas X couldn’t
hold back anymore when he admitted he was, in fact, a huge fan of Nicki Minaj, but kept
it a secret for years.
He tweeted saying quote, “life is too short to pretend you’re not a Barb”
And when someone asked “wtf is a barb”
Lil Nas X responded saying quote, “It’s hard to explain it’s like a feeling and
a state of being.”
Of course we all know that Barbs are the name of Nicki Minaj’s fans and while Lil Nas
X didn’t officially confirm that he was behind the Nas Maraj fan page in his next
tweet, he recently said that he didn’t want people to know he was a fan of Nicki’s because
he didn’t want to be outed as gay.
To back track for a second, the subject came about again two days ago after Lil Nas X tweeted
at Nicki that he has a song he wants her on and was making a proposal.
A fan called him out saying “How come you never claimed her when people asked if you
were a barb??
We all knew who you were”
Thats when Lil Nas X replied saying, “i didn’t want people to know i was gay tbh”
A fan then replied saying “Being a barb don’t make you gay,” Lil Nas X agreed
saying quote, “it don’t but people will assume if you had an entire fan page dedicated
to nicki u are gay. and the rap/music industry ain’t exactly built or accepting of gay
men yet.”
And Nicki actually responded to Lil Nas X expressing empathy for his situation and expressed
gratitude for his honesty.
Nicki tweeted saying quote, “It was a bit of a sting when you denied being a barb, but
I understand.
Congratulations on building up your confidence to speak your truth.
@LilNasX”
And Lil Nas X replied to Nick saying quote, “the generous queen, i love u. and i’m
sorry i did that in a time where u were already getting so much bandwagon hate.
i felt so bad, hoping u wouldn’t see my denial.
i was just so afraid of people finding out about me and losing everything before i even
got a chance.”
And in his series of replies to fans and Nicki, he also added that it was never anything personal.
And let’s not forget one of the best parts of this whole interaction, besides of course
Lil Nas X basically finally admitting he ran the Nicki Minaj stan account & being a true
Barb, was Lil Nas proposing to have Nicki on a song of his.
So maybe we could actually be getting a Nicki Minaj Lil Nas X collab from all of this!
And many fans were very on board with that idea saying things like “we would like to
hear it lil barb x” and “Nicki x Lil Nas.
The streets ready!”
But other Barbz are still not over the fact that Lil Nas X stayed quiet about being a
Barb himself for so long like this fan who wrote quote, “I can’t get past the fact
that u denied being a barb so many times on video interviews & tried to make ppl seem
crazy for sayin/thinkin it”
And this fan who wrote quote, “I like u but ur 2 faced.
The time ppl were hating Nicki, u followed.
Now u see her topping the charts and now u want some Nicki?”
But Lil Nas X made it clear that he had no ill intent in denying his fandom for Nicki.
And we’re just happy Lil Nas X was comfortable sharing both his sexuality and his Barb status
with all of us.
And that Nicki has no hard feelings about him denying being a Barb for so long.
And we most definitely wouldn’t be mad about a Nicki Lil Nas X collab!
If you want more on Lil Nas X’s coming out story, click right over here for another Clevver
video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think about all of this and if you
would be here for a Nicki Minaj Lil Nas X collab!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!