Lil Nas X took to Instagram on Monday to offer an explanation for his controversial new single J. Christ.
The 24-year-old rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) has pissed off many Christian fans and artists with his new single and music video for J Christ.
Christian artists such as Dee-1, Lecrae and Hurricane Chris criticized Lil Nas X for the song and urged their followers to pray for him.
He took to Instagram on Monday with a video aimed at his 11.4 million followers that began: “I wanted to… not necessarily apologize, but I wanted to explain where I’m at and where she’s been last week.”
“So, first of all, when I made the piece, I knew there would be people upset and so on, just because, you know, religion is a very sensitive subject for a lot of people. people,” he added.
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The 24-year-old rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) has pissed off many Christian fans and artists with his new single and music video for J Christ.
He took to Instagram on Monday with a video addressed to his 11.4 million followers that began: “I wanted to…not necessarily apologize, but I wanted to explain where I’m at and where she is last week”.
“But… I didn’t want to make fun either. It wasn’t a “Fuck you people.” Fuck you Christians,” Nas X explained.
“It was not this. It was literally me going, “Oh, I’m back like Jesus,” it was like all that. I’m not the first person to dress up as Jesus, I’m not the first rapper, I’m not the first artist, I won’t be the last,” he added.
He admitted that given his “history” with the Call Me By Your Name video, “anything I do towards religion can be seen as mockery.” That simply wasn’t the case in this case.
“And I will say, though, that with the communion video, with me eating crackers and juice, I thought that video was going to be the video to lighten the mood and take it down, less serious and so on. I thought it was something we all wanted to do as kids,” he added.
He also admitted that he “didn’t understand the idea of… you know, the reality of what it is, that eating is the symbolism of the blood and bones of Jesus or something like that, I don’t remember it completely.” ‘
“I didn’t mean for it to be a case of cannibalism or anything, but I apologize for it. I will say I’m sorry for that. It was overboard,” he said .
However, he admitted that he “doesn’t agree with all the rules of Christianity and so on”, adding: “I know that not everyone follows Christianity to the letter or 100% or , you know, the world would be a lot crazier, but I apologize for that.
He also admitted, “It’s not to try to get everyone on my side or anything, it’s more to clear my head about my own decisions.” I know I really made a big mistake this time and I can act undisturbed all I want, but it definitely took a mental toll on me.
“But… I didn’t want to make fun either. It wasn’t a “Fuck you people.” Fuck you Christians,” Nas X explained.
“It was not this. It was literally me going, “Oh, I’m back like Jesus,” it was like all that. I’m not the first person to dress up as Jesus, I’m not the first rapper, I’m not the first artist, I won’t be the last,” he added.
He admitted that given his “history” with the Call Me By Your Name video, “anything I do towards religion can be seen as mockery.” That just wasn’t the case with that’
However, he admitted that he “doesn’t agree with all the rules of Christianity and so on”, adding: “I know that not everyone follows Christianity to the letter or 100% or , you know, the world would be a lot crazier, but I apologize for that’
“I know this won’t be immediate progress, but I want my Christian fans to know that I’m not against you. I was put on this Earth to, you know, bring people together and promote love and It’s who I am,” he said.
“I’m not like an evil demon who tries to destroy everyone’s values and stuff like that. It’s not me,” he added.
“And also with the video, there’s no disrespect. I thought I was clearly not on the devil’s side in that video, it was like… I don’t know, there was a understanding that I didn’t like trying to criticize Christianity,” he said, admitting that was not a problem. speech that he “wrote”, adding that he did so, “from memory”.
“Finally, again, I hope that sooner or later we can move forward and I’m excited about the rest of this time and the things that I have planned. That’s all I have to say for the “right now. I’m sending love to you, I’m sending love to my fans, I’m sending love to the people I’ve hurt,” he concluded.
