At this point, people reacting to Lil Nas X’s provocations are doing more work to promote him and his music than he is. Every time he comes up with a colorful troll, they react loudly on the internet, drawing more attention to his stunts and the work behind them. He responds with another promotional prank and they lose it all over again. At this point, it’d probably be best for them if they stopped reacting, which is exactly what Nas wants.
But then we wouldn’t get gems like watching Twitter relentlessly roasting Boosie for his borderline obsession with the 22-year-old rapper turned pop star. Certainly, it’s a lot of fun to just imagine Boosie sitting around thinking about Nas’ latest antics and getting very … ahem … piqued about it. In this case, the antic in question is Nas’ recently released “pregnancy” photoshoot (with his album Montero, his baby — get it?), which was published by no less an outlet than People magazine — a subversive, historical act in itself.
Lil Nas seems to have long since decided that since he’ll be made a public spectacle anyway, he’s going to control the narrative and wring every advantage for himself out of the media’s invasive coverage, lightly satirizing the public fascination with the lives of celebrities along the way. And Boosie can’t stand it. “NAS X WTF U JUST DONT STOP,” he tweet at three o’clock in the morning. “I THINK HES GOING TO TURN AROUND N SUCK ONE OF HIS BACK GROUND DANCERS DICK ON NATIONAL TV.”
NAS X WTF U JUST DONT STOP 😡I THINK HES GOING TO TURN AROUND N SUCK ONE OF HIS BACK GROUND DANCERS DICK ON NATIONAL TV #protectyours #godturninoverinhisgrave
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) September 3, 2021
While that’s … well, not something that you even can do because the FCC is a thing, it’s very interesting that that’s where Boosie’s mind goes. The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks — or at least, fans Twitter do. It didn’t take long for folks to question why Boosie seems to spend so much time thinking about Lil Nas X when he could be doing, y’know, literally anything else. When Montero does come out, it’s easy to wonder whether the Louisiana rap legend will be one of the first to hit “play” while pondering what Nas’ next move will be.
https://t.co/wjhCgxCZoi pic.twitter.com/O2Onf9ORCh
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) September 3, 2021
unsure why anyone would come to this conclusion
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) September 3, 2021
— Doyle (@Doylemakinmoves) September 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/SheerOpulence2/status/1433752760411885568
https://twitter.com/Sirferrell1/status/1433756201561600002
Not fantasies of lil nas sucking dick on your mind at 5:40 am…. https://t.co/L6MQpQ2tgx
— Malibu Michael 💕🌴 (@mce1201) September 3, 2021
To tweet this you literally have to think/visualize this happening. That’s how thoughts work. So it’s the fact that you’re rolling over at 6 AM thinking about men sucking dick, that’s most telling here. Lol
Fantasies over there running wild. 😭 https://t.co/O00tlmTDcp
— Clāy (@djordxc) September 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1433802236484784147
https://twitter.com/ChrisCreamstar/status/1433797428361183233
you got up two hours earlier than I did for my morning class to speculate about a man sucking dick https://t.co/pge1z98gUT
— saturn realness (@saturnasagirl) September 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/silenthooper/status/1433789628457406478
“God Turnin Over In His Grave” is not the theological take I was expecting to see this morning. https://t.co/GrFhWVo8J4
— Melech. (@MelechThomas) September 3, 2021