‘Call Me By Your Name’ hitmaker Lil Nas X sees his name printed a-front the cover of the 26th annual ‘GQ’ magazine ‘Men of the Year’ issue.
Crowned GQ’s ‘Musician of the Year’ for easily being the year’s most talked about music star, the 22-year-old – under the lens of famed photographer Pari Dukovic – struck quite the creative poses while donning Dior, Gucci, Tom Ford, Louis Vuitton, and other high fashion brands inside the pages of the men’s magazine.
Dishing on his meteoric rise to success and a few other social hot topics (including the backlash against fellow chart-topping hitmaker DaBaby due to a homophobic rant over the summer), look inside to see highlights from the feature.
LNX ON INITIALLY BEING UPSET HIS DEBUT ALBUM DIDN’T DEBUT AT #1:
“…I thought about was how blessed I am. About where I was three years ago. Nobody even thought that I would be here. Everybody was like, “One-hit-wonder this, one-hit-wonder that.” And now it’s amazing that my competition was Drake.
Plus, Drake’s my idol. There are too many other wins to be upset.”
LNX ON LOVING AZEALIA BANKS:
“I actually am,” he said when asked if he is an Azealia Banks fan. “Azealia shits on me too much, though [to duet with her]! And I think it’s funny in a way. I still love Azealia Banks’s music.”
LNX ON ABANDONING ATHEISM FOR ‘INTENTIONAL SPIRITUALITY’:
“I was [an atheist]. And 66 meant, like, “You need to ground yourself, spend time with family,” and stuff like that. And I’m not going to lie, I had a plan that was like, Okay, I made it. Now I can focus fully on being what I have to be, and I’ll send my family stuff every now and then. “
LNX ON HYPERMASCULINITY IN HIP HOP:
“I’m not going to lie, I feel bad for DaBaby. I hope he grows from it. I hope he’s able to. But I don’t know. The whole landscape is very hypermasculine. It’s so great and so amazing that all these female rappers are breaking through. And, in a way, female rappers are the biggest rappers right now.”
LNX ON WHAT THE ‘GAY AGENDA’ TRULY MEANS:
“It’s just acceptance of gay people. And they see that as a bad thing: Like, they’re trying to normalize it. You know what? Yeah. That’s actually what I’m trying to do.”
LNX ON IF HE’S SINGLE OR DATING:
“I started actually dating my last boyfriend this past year, who I’m still on really good terms with. I love him to death. He’s the best. I feel it was the most serious relationship I’ve ever had.
[But], I like to go missing for like a week to focus…not talk to anyone and focus on myself. And I’m more in love with what I’m doing than people.”
*****
Click here to read the in-depth interview in full.