Lil Nas X (born 1999) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter who hit the big time in 2019 when his smash hit single ‘Old Town Road’ spent 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running number one in the chart’s 60-year history. During the song’s residency at the top, Lil Nas X shook the music industry by coming out as gay, the first artist to do so while at number one. The homophobic backlash which predictably followed, on social media and from within the country music and hip hop communities, is something he has confronted with warmth, wit and good-natured defiance: responding to a homophobic rapper’s rant about a pink outfit he wore to the Grammy Awards, he simply tweeted ‘Damn I look good in that pic.’ His provocative videos for subsequent hit singles like ‘Montero’ and ‘Industry Baby’ are acts of queer power in the grand tradition of George Michael’s legendary ‘Outside’ video, and it is their cinematic sweep that gives Lil Nas X his place in this exhibition.

Framed Dimensions: 300mm x 350mm (Unframed: 186mm x 240mm)

Acrylic on Strathmore toned card
Glazed, mounted and framed

Supplied with signed letter of authenticity from Barnaby.

Please note, this is the original artwork by Barnaby. It is unique and not a reproduction.