“his is about the bigger problem of homophobia in the black community, y’all can sit and pretend all u want but imma risk it all for us.”
“his not over no bet award,” Nas wrote in another tweet on Tuesday. Nas’ “Industry Baby,” released in July 2021, was certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2022.
(For the record, Jack Harlow, a white man, was nominated for BET’s Best Male Hip Hop Artist award.) “‘ndustry baby’ is the 2nd longest running #1 song on the billboard rap charts of all time and didn’t get a single nomination,” Nas tweeted about his single featuring rapper Jack Harlow. He claimed the network refused to give him his artistic props-despite his accolades elsewhere in the industry-because he supposedly dampens the image of the masculine Black man.
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In a series of tweets, the rapper, who is an outspoken member of the LGBTQ+ community, railed against Black Entertainment Television and suggested his snub was a symptom of homophobia within Black spaces. The video raked in over a million views within 24 hours of being launched. “Fuck BET! Fuck BET! Fuck BET!” the rapper bopped in a song and video he previewed Tuesday on Twitter as he escalated a social media campaign dissing the network and its alleged bias against queer artists of color. Lil Nas X has doubled down on his war against the Black community’s history of homophobia after he received zero nominations for the 2022 BET Awards, a show that will ironically be held during Pride Month.
The rapper previewed a diss track against the Black Entertainment Network on Tuesday.