In this episode Ezekiel Ben Israel breaks done the life of Lil' Nas "X"!
In early June 2019, Nas X came out to his sister and father, and he felt the universe was signalling him to do so despite his uncertainty whether his fans would stick by him or not. On June 30, 2019, the last day of Pride Month, Nas X came out publicly as gay, tweeting: "some of y'all already know, some of y'all don't care, some of y'all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y'all to listen closely to c7osure. The tweet confirmed earlier suspicions when he first indicated this in his track "c7osure". Rolling Stone noted the song "touches on themes such as coming clean, growing up and embracing one's self". The next day he tweeted again, this time highlighting the rainbow-colored building on the cover art of his EP 7, with the caption reading "deadass thought i made it obvious". He was unambiguous in an interview several days later on BBC Breakfast, where he stated that he was gay and understands that his sexuality is not readily accepted in the country or rap music communities. The response to the news was mostly positive, but also garnered a large amount of homophobic backlash on social media, to which Nas X also reacted. The backlash also came from the hip hop community, drawing attention to homophobia in hip hop culture. In January 2020, rapper Pastor Troy made homophobic comments on the outfit Nas X wore during the Grammy Awards, to which Nas X nonchalantly responded: "Damn I look good in that pic on god.
Theme Scripture: St. John 13:33-35
Eugenics Movement: Romans 8:5-15; Ephesians 2:11-18; James 4:1-4 & Romans 1:21-32
Montero Lamar Hill:
Montero is a Spanish surname meaning the occupational name for a beater or other assistant at a hunt, from an agent derivative of monte, which, as well as meaning 'mountain', 'hill'
Luke 8:17; Ephesians 5:12; Matthew 6:24; John 10:10; 2 Timothy 3:15; Isaiah 45:3-7; Matthew 19:8-11; 1 Corinthians 7:1-14; Ecclesiasticus 39:25; 31:13