The 22-year-old rapper strips down to the nude in the Jack Harlow collaboration, which. He further enraged religious groups days later by releasing 666 pairs of customized Nikes, which contained a drop of human blood in the soles, a pentagram hanging from the laces, and a Bible passage on the sides (Nike had nothing to do with the shoes but sued and settled a lawsuit with the company that did). Lil Nas X left little to the imagination on Thursday when he his newest music video for Industry Baby. That's to be expected considering the week he's had, weathering the response to 'Montero (Call Me by Your Name),' his lustful, unabashed new single about a same-sex relationship, and the accompanying music video that climaxes with the star sliding down a stripper pole to Hell to give Satan a lap dance. But right now, the Georgia rapper - who's huddled with his team at a downtown Los Angeles photo studio one April morning, awaiting Billboard's latest Hot 100 announcement - is a ball of nerves.
He'll shout, 'They said we would not do it! We did it again!' He'll fire off a dozen celebratory tweets. He'll shake a bottle of Veuve Clicquot before popping it. In two hours, Lil Nas X will be the happiest he's ever been.