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By Taylor HendersonJuly 23 2021 / 12:28 AM
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one! 
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X has been teasing the song all week with a spoof of his now infamous Nike court case and in the video featuring Jack Harlow, he struts through the prison, twerks in the showers, pulls a Shawshank Redemption, and even knocks out a prison guard we recognized as Teen Wolf star Colton Haynes. 
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You have to give it to him, the 21-year-old rapper certainly knows how to cause a stir.
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