Rapper-record producer Young Thug said
in a recent interview that Lil Nas X “shouldn't have told the
world” he's gay because “these days ... it's just all judgment.”
The 20-year-old Lil Nas X, who came out
at the end of June on Twitter, is best known for his single “Old
Town Road” with Billy Ray Cyrus. Young Thug appears on the song's
latest remix.
Young Thug, 27, made his comment during
an appearance on YouTube channel No Jumper.
“He shouldn’t have told the world
because it’s like, these days, motherfuckers, it’s just all
judgment,” he
said. “Motherfuckers just judging. It ain’t even about the
music no more. Once you found out he was gay, as soon as that song
come on now, everybody’s like, ‘This gay ass ni**er. Ni**ers
don’t even care to listen to the song no more.”
“I just feel like, he young, and it’s
like backlash can come behind anything. So it’s like, it wasn’t a
bad idea, and it was most definitely the best time to do it, during
Pride. That was the best time to do it, that was a G’s move. But
it’s like, he young, so I know what he going to be dealing with,
with it in his mind, I dealt with this shit before. I know what he
going to be dealing with. So that’s why I was like, fuck, he should
have never said that, he should have never told them,” Young Thug
said.
(Related: Lil
Nas X hopes coming out gay “opens doors” for others.)