The tweet has since been deleted after violating Twitter’s code of conduct, with a notice explaining: “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter rules.” An army of queer activists and allies rose to his defense - including his own dad. Lil Nas X, born Montero Lamar Hill, said he has firsthand experience of homophobia in the hip-hop music industry - most recently with rapper Boosie Badazz, who unleashed a homophobic Twitter rant against him in October, encouraging him to “commit suicide.”īoosie wrote on Twitter, “STOP TROLLING ME F-– LOL U A WHOLE B- PLAYING WITH A GANGSTA SMH U CAN KEEP SUCKING D- N GETTIN F-– N YOUR A– N PEACE N #uhateyourself I WOULD TOO IF I WAS YOU LOL NASx IF YOU #commitsuicide YOU WOULD DO THIS WORLD A HUGE FAVOR NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE.”
