Lil Nas X is a grasp of attracting consideration, from his eye-popping pink carpet appears to be like to his devilish music video for “Montero (Name Me by Your Identify),” which sparked outrage from conservative media. It’s maybe no shock, then, {that a} non secular group confirmed up exterior his Boston live performance Sunday evening to protest the provocative artist.
Lil Nas, an knowledgeable at disarming those that criticize or spew hatred towards him, determined to capitalize on the second with a sort gesture. Reposting a video of the protesters on Twitter, the artist wrote: “Simply informed my crew to ship them pizza, that is actually good promo!”
A number of hours later, the rapper posted one other video of his crew delivering free pizza to the group, who declined the provide. Halfway via the edited clip, the digital camera slows down and fixates on one of many protesters carrying a shirt that claims “Christ’s Forgiveness Ministries Revival,” whereas romantic music performs within the background.
Lil Nas captioned the video: “Replace: they didn’t need the pizza however I by chance fell in love with one of many homophobic protestors.”
The “Business Child” rapper is at the moment on his “Lengthy Reside Montero” tour, his first string of headlining dates. On Tuesday, he’ll play New York Metropolis’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, earlier than hitting Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Orlando, Miami, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco. Beginning Nov. 8, Lil Nas will go abroad to wrap up the tour’s final leg in Europe, which ends on Nov. 17 in Barcelona, Spain.
