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    Lil Nas X on coming out: 'I wanted to be someone that people are proud of'

    by Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2019 4 minutes

    The morning before Thanksgiving, Lil Nas X was driving around Atlanta recounting the whirlwind year in which he broke longstanding Billboard chart records, became the biggest gay pop star in the world and scored six Grammy nominations, including best new artist, record and album of the year.

    For the whirlwind sensation born Montero Lamar Hill, talking to a journalist by phone while tooling around his hometown constitutes downtime. He has been going nonstop since his country-rap confection "Old Town Road" teleported from silly meme to cultural phenomenon, and he's still catching his breath.

    "I've been in a constant state of realization that this is all happening, and I have to

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