We're back with Lil Nas X. What is your--
what do I call you?
You can call me Nas.
Nas?
Yeah.
All right.
Not the whole full Lil Nas X?
Yeah, or you can call me my real name.
It's Montero.
Montero?
How many people call you Montero?
Just folks from school.
Yeah?
I'd say, yeah.
So your career is like, it is amazing.
What were you doing last year?
Last year I was on my--
I was at my sister's house.
I was sleeping on my sister's floor,
you know, promoting my music 'cause I couldn't go back home,
'cause like, my parents would be like,
you're out of school for music?
You know, like, what are you doing?
You know, it's understandable.
Right.
But like, yeah, I just like promoted myself online,
heavily.
Yeah.
Heavily.
So a year later from sleeping on your sister's floor,
you had the number one-- first, history-making number one song
for 16 weeks in a row.
19 weeks in a row.
You won two VMA awards.
And then you decide to come out, which is first of all, I mean--
I can't tell you how much I admire
you, because most people are, as you know, are fearful of that
because they think it's going to affect their career.
And here you are at the height of like your brand new career,
brand new, and you decide to come out.
And I don't think anybody-- did your family know you were gay?
My dad and my sister, but the same month that I came out,
I told them pretty much, I guess to give them, like,
a heads-up..
I's like, you know, a little earlier in the month
before I did it.
A month before you--
so you hid it, and you tweeted it out, right?
Yes.
So what did you feel like when you-- first of all, what
inspired you to do that then?
Nobody's in this box, no?
No.
I'm try-- no.
[LAUGHING]
No.
OK.
No.
Say your thing one more time?
I'm sorry.
I--what I was saying--
Agh!
Ah!
No!
Where'd he go?
Oh, my god.
I was-- I was going to do it later,
but I was scared you were going to open the box.
So let's take a look at that.
I think it was Billy Ray Cyrus that did it.
I'm pretty sure.
Agh!
Ah!
Oh, my god.
Yeah.
Sorry, I had to do it.
It's all right.
Because you already-- you actually,
during rehearsal, you said nobody's
going to scare me, right?
And we had no intention until you said that.
And then, and then I thought, oh, we should scare him.
I caused it.
Yeah, you did.
You set the intention.
All right, but seriously, because I-- this is really,
I think, is such an admirable thing to do.
So what did you feel?
And what inspired you to come out at that time?
Just knowing, like, it was something
that I should have been done, but I was like,
I was not in a position to where--
I had to worry about family and friends,
like how they would react, I guess.
But it's like, you know, in the past year, I'm in a new level.
So it's like, it doesn't really matter, I guess.
And also just, how it would be good for the young-uns who
are listening to me right now, who
going to have to go through stuff like this in the future,
to know it's all right, I guess.
Yeah, it is all right.
Are you in a relationship right now?
Somewhat.
All right.
Somewhat.
Because you're very good looking.
You're--
Yeah!
Thank you.
Very good looking.
Thank you.
You are too, Ellen.
Oh, thank you, Lil.
And yet, we're not right for each other.
Well, I love you.
And I'm so happy for your success.
And I just-- you're welcome back any time
you want, any, any time.
I just love you.
Thank you so much, Ellen.
All right.
I love you guys.
I love you, Ellen.
All right.
His debut EP named "7" is streaming everywhere.
We'll be right back--
Lil Nas X!