The rapper is ready to bust out, Shawshank-style.
And boy, he wasn’t kidding.
If this is what life in the clinker is like… well, lock us up.
Lil Nas X and his fellow inmates get clean (and dirty) in ‘Industry Baby.'.Lil Nas X
Think the chart-topping “Old Town Road” singer would wind up a one-hit wonder?
“I wrote a song for us,” he began in a tweet he posted Wednesday.
“I know sometimes you feel like it’s all downhill from here.
Lil Nas X and his cellblock lovers in the ‘Industry Baby’ video.Lil Nas X
I know your sexuality has made you feel like an outcast amongst your peers.
And I know if you hear the phrase ‘one hit wonder’ one more time you might combust.
But I need you to keep going.”
The artwork for Lil Nas X’s ‘Industry Baby’ single.Columbia Records
I need you to stop feeling sorry for yourself.
And I need you to remember that the only person who has to believe in YOU is YOU."
They were here for whatever version of myself they made up in their head."
Watch the video for “Industry Baby” above.
