History Trivia / LilNasX

** Nas also performed a cover of Music/DollyParton's "Jolene", which [[https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1443335105318211586 Parton enjoyed.]]

** Nas also performed a cover of Music/DollyParton's "Jolene", which [[https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1443335105318211586 Parton herself enjoyed.]]

* ActingForTwo: In the video for "Holiday", he portrays Santa Claus, a workshop elf, and two separate toy figures come to life.
** LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Becomes this in "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)", where he plays all of the on-screen characters [[spoiler:except for Satan]].

** Nas also performed a cover of Music/DollyParton's "Jolene", which was [[https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1443335105318211586 enjoyed by Parton herself.]]

** Shortly after "Old Town Road", whose instrumental samples Music/NineInchNails' "34 Ghosts IV", began gaining traction online, Nas' manager reached out to frontman Trent Reznor in hopes of clearing the sample. Trent approved, calling the song "undeniably hooky" and wanting Nas and his people to own the spotlight so much that he refrained from publicly discussing it at length and even turned down an offer to cameo in the music video.

** Shortly after releasing the video for "Industry Baby", which includes a scene of him and a group of men dancing naked in a shower with pixelated censorship, he released the uncensored version of the video...[[spoiler:which pretends to buffer right before the aforementioned scene and continues buffering for the entire song.]]

** Nas attempted to get features from Music/{{Drake}} and Music/NickiMinaj on ''Montero'', wanting Drake on "Dolla Sign Slime" and Nicki on "Industry Baby", though neither ultimately happened.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/JackHarlow tweeted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]] in the "Industry Baby" video.

** Nas attempted to get features from Music/{{Drake}} and Music/NickiMinaj on ''Montero'', wanting Drake on "Dolla Sign Slime" and Nicki on "Industry Baby", though neither ultimately happened.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/JackHarlow tweeted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]] in the Industry Baby video.
** Nas asked [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] to appear in the "Old Town Road" music video, but Reznor declined as [[HumbleHero he didn't want to detract attention from Nas himself]].

** Shortly after "Old Town Road", whose instrumental samples Music/NineInchNails' "34 Ghosts IV", began gaining traction online, Nas' manager reached out to frontman Trent Reznor in hopes of clearing the sample. Trent approved, calling the song "undeniably hooky" and wanting him and his people to own the spotlight so much that he refrained from publicly discussing it at length and even turned down an offer to cameo in the music video.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jack Harlow twitted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]] in the Industry Baby video.
** Nas asked Trent Reznor to appear in the "Old Town Road" music video, but Reznor declined as [[HumbleHero he didn't want to detract attention from Nas himself]].

** Shortly after "Old Town Road", whose instrumental samples Music/NineInchNails' "34 Ghosts IV", began gaining traction online, his manager reached out to frontman Trent Reznor in hopes of clearing the sample. Trent approved, calling the song "undeniably hooky" and wanting him and his people to own the spotlight so much that he refrained from publicly discussing it at length and even turned down an offer to cameo in the music video.

** [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was more than OK with Nas sampling "34 Ghosts IV".

** Nas asked Trent Reznor to appear in the "Old Town Road" music video, but Reznor declined as he didn't want to detract attention from Nas gimself.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jack Harlow twitted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]] in the Industry Baby video.

** Nas also performed a cover of Music/DollyParton's "Jolyne", which was [[https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1443335105318211586 enjoyed by Parton herself.]]

* ApprovalOfGod: [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was more than OK with Nas sampling "34 Ghosts IV".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jack Harlow twitted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jack Harlow twitted that "[[https://twitter.com/jackharlow/status/1418668949625917444?s=19 if [Lil Nas X] had asked [him] to be in that shower scene, [he] woulda been in that shower scene"]]>

** In a similar vein as the Satan Shoes video, he took to Twitter to promote a response video to Boosie and Music/{{TI}}, who had made homophobic comments about the "Industry Baby" video, offering a presumable thumbnail and link...[[spoiler:which went directly to the "Industry Baby" video.]]

* TrollingCreator: In response to the Satan Shoes controversy, he put out a video of himself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESf8Un3g9zM apologizing]] for the shoe...or not; [[BaitAndSwitch the video then cuts to an excerpt from "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"]].
--> '''Lil Nas X:''' Okay guys, I see everybody's been talking about this shoe, and I just wanna say ''(cut to "Montero")'' [[DearNegativeReader fuck it. Let's ride.]]

* TrollingCreator: In response to the Satan Shoes controversy, he put out a video of himself [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESf8Un3g9zM apologizing]] for it...or not, [[BaitAndSwitch the video then cuts to an excerpt from "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"]].

* BreakthroughHit: And how! "Old Town Road" took him from just another [=SoundCloud=] rapper into superstardom.

* ActingForTwo: In the video for "Holiday" he portrays Santa Claus, a workshop elf, and two separate toy figures come to life.
** LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Becomes this in "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" where he plays all of the on-screen characters [[spoiler:except for Satan]].
* ApprovalOfGod: [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was more than ok with Nas sampling "34 Ghosts IV".
* BreakthroughHit: And how! "Old Town Road" took him from just another Soundcloud rapper into superstardom.

** LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Becomes this in "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" where he plays all of the on-screen characters.

* OneOfUs: If you couldn't tell from the page image, Website/{{Twitter}} users who followed LNX quickly discovered that he is a ''legendary'' shitposter.