No, Lil Nas X Is Not on Grindr, Says He Would ‘Probably Get Murdered'

Lil Nas X's is GQ's Man of the Year!

In his cover story for the magazine, the rapper opened up about his rise into fame, dating life, and more. 

The 21-year-old confirms he is currently single but on good terms with is ex. "I started actually dating my last boyfriend this past year, who I’m still on really good terms with," X explained. "I love him to death. He’s the best. I feel it was the most serious relationship I’ve ever had."

So what happened? 

"It’s a responsibility. I’ve been wanting somebody for so long and wanting somebody to love for so long, but it’s a real responsibility. And you have to give this person your time. And I like to go missing for like a week to focus…not talk to anyone and focus on myself. And I’m more in love with what I’m doing than people."

As for now, it sounds like X is keeping things casual so he can focus on work. "I feel I’ve gotten to a place where I have enough love for me that I can focus on myself. And when the time comes [for love], I’m not going to force it or anything. There’ll be somebody, and I’ll say, 'Okay, I want to make this person a priority.'"

Every now and then, X is tempted to check through his DMs for a, um... connection, but he no longer scouts as seriously as he once did.

"My DMs are all out of order," said X. "Which is lucky, because I do get horny and I’m like, 'Let’s see who’s the hottest person in this thing.' But you know, luckily I don’t really do that. I only did that once, maybe."

GQ asks if it was a DM or actually Grindr. "No, I can’t do Grindr anymore. I’d get murdered. I’d literally probably get murdered," he responded.

X goes on to talk about the fear he felt we "Old Town Road" first exploded, and how he thought his Nicki Minaj stan account and sexuality would ruin his career before it even started. "Mainly being gay. That was the main thing I was most afraid of," he admitted. "It was so much anxiety. Like, I literally felt like, Oh, my God, this is like a setup. And I’m going to die soon. It was much darker in my head than people were probably seeing. And it was also like, Damn, I’ve been working hard, like not sleeping, and I just made it to the music industry, and this is going to ruin everything for me."

X also feels bad for the debacle another rapper, DaBaby, is going currently going through after unfurling a slew of homophobic words on stage this past summer at a music festival. 

"I’m not going to lie, I feel bad for DaBaby. I hope he grows from it. I hope he’s able to. But I don’t know." X hopes things are changing for everyone. "The whole landscape is very hypermasculine. It’s so great and so amazing that all these female rappers are breaking through. And, in a way, female rappers are the biggest rappers right now."

X hopes that his work will help open doors for any LGBTQ+ person who wants to break into the industry. "I do feel like this newer generation of rappers who are coming in, and the ones who are here, are going to have to reshape their thoughts. Because change is happening. There’s going to be so many gay rappers. There’s going to be more trans people in the industry and whatnot. Ten years from now, everything that I’m doing won’t even seem like it was shocking."

GQ also talked about the supposed gay agenda and what that looks like for X, who has joked about spreading one in the past. "It looks like a little boy asking his parents at eight years old, can he get some nail polish or try something, and it’s not even a question," X responded sincerely. "It looks like two guys kissing during a performance and there not being anything crazy on Twitter about it the next day. It looks like a little boy who doesn't want to play fucking football and hang with the girls, and that just being a normal thing. Just letting people exist. Like, that's gay as f*ck."