So when Nas was in middle school, I want to say, there was this extended custody battle between his parents. They would have these singing and dancing shows that they would choreograph themselves and put on shows for their friends and family.

He and his brother would find old half-filled paint cans and try to sell them and make a couple of bucks. And talking to Nas and to one of his brothers, Lamarco, about their childhood, it just sounds like they were having a blast all the time. And so I think they had her steady hand, and they had each other. But their grandmother was really like the linchpin foundation of their lives. And they really didnРІР‚в„ўt have any money.Р”Р„nd unfortunately, their mother started to display signs of struggles with addiction. And he stayed there until middle school thereabouts. His mother and his grandmother were in Bankhead Courts, which was a pretty grim public housing project inside Atlanta. He grew up kind of shuttling back and forth between his two parents. He grew up outside of Atlanta in a neighborhood called Bankhead. She couldnРІР‚в„ўt get it, so she named her kid after that. His mom really wanted a Mitsubishi Montero. IРІР‚в„ўm like, oh, thatРІР‚в„ўs the Black guy on РІР‚СљYoung and the Restless.РІР‚Сњ jazmine hughes When you hear the name Montero Lamar Hill, youРІР‚в„ўre like, ooh, things are about to get - dodai stewart See, I was going to say he sounds like heРІР‚в„ўs the Black guy on РІР‚СљYoung and the Restless.РІР‚Сњ jazmine hughes He sounds like he should be a guest star in a UPN show in the РІР‚В90s, right? dodai stewart So his name is Montero Lamar Hill, which is like the sexiest name IРІР‚в„ўve ever heard. OK, weРІР‚в„ўre here to talk because you got to interview Lil Nas X. She walked me through his entire life, from his childhood in Atlanta to his teen years on Twitter, to where we are today. WeРІР‚в„ўve seen queer artists before, but what Nas is doing is to put his sexuality front and center of his pop star identity in the way that straight people do every single day without thinking a lot about it. She says heРІР‚в„ўs doing something entirely new. And she spent time with Lil Nas X right before these songs dropped. My colleague Jazmine Hughes is a writer for the Magazine. (SINGING) I told you long ago on the road, I got what they waiting for. but two songs that have provided the soundtrack of the summer. Since his 2019 hit РІР‚СљOld Town Road,РІР‚Сњ he returned this year with not just one - archived recording (lil nas x) (SINGING) Yeah, IРІР‚в„ўm going to take my horse to the old town road. And Lil Nas X, even if heРІР‚в„ўs not in your dreams, heРІР‚в„ўs definitely been everywhere. Р”Р‡rom The New York Times, IРІР‚в„ўm Dodai Stewart. jazmine hughesР”Вodai, I have just stopped dreaming about Lil Nas X, and now youРІР‚в„ўre trying to bring him back into my life. I really want to talk to you about this amazing profile of Lil Nas X that you wrote. So happy to be talking to you today, girl. Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 dodai stewart HeРІР‚в„ўs lap dancing on the devil, winning the internet - and redefining what a pop star can be. Transcript Some Said Lil Nas X Was a One-Hit Wonder.

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