Barnaby Edwards - Lil Nas X
(acrylic on toned card, 2023)
Lil Nas X (born 1999) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter who hit the big time in 2019 when his smash hit single ‘Old Town Road’ spent 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running number one in the chart’s 60-year history. During the song’s residency at the top, Lil Nas X shook the music industry by coming out as gay, the first artist to do so while at number one. The homophobic backlash which predictably followed, on social media and from within the country music and hip hop communities, is something he has confronted with warmth, wit and good-natured defiance: responding to a homophobic rapper’s rant about a pink outfit he wore to the Grammy Awards, he simply tweeted ‘Damn I look good in that pic.’ His provocative videos for subsequent hit singles like ‘Montero’ and ‘Industry Baby’ are acts of queer power in the grand tradition of George Michael’s legendary ‘Outside’ video, and it is their cinematic sweep that gives Lil Nas X his place in this exhibition.
The original of this portrait is for sale here.
For more portraits of LGBTQ+ History Month heroes, please visit my gallery here.
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LilNasX from mv Sun Goes Down
When Lil Nas dropped the Sun Goes Down mv, it was an exploding of feelings for me, his history really catch me, because I went through the same issues, so I put all of it in a drawing to express myself.
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https://youtu.be/Td_9uLc-w2o ADVERTENCIA ⚠️ Contenido 🔞🤫 Les dejo mi nuevo cover de Montero (Call me by your name) en mi canal de Youtube! ☺️❤️ @lilnasx 🌺❤️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #cover #kpop #callmebyyourname #montero #lilnasx #uruguay #oc #evalyonn #originalcharacter #characterdesign #artwork #digitalart #drawing https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHakJ6LfdE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Tell me you love me in private 💌🏹
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Montero
can't sleep, draw lilnasx
yall streaming montero yet?
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my painting of lil nas x from a photo taken for HIGHTech magazine. original photo by adrienne raquel !
commissions open! dm me!
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HOLY SHIT! Go and watch Montero by Lil Nas X NOW!!!
Also, feel free to check out my speed paint of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NYb6_j-YoI
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Alright. Say what you will about “Call Me By Your Name”, that song is 🔥🔥🔥 The second I saw @lilnasx in those boots I yelled “It’s HIM!” And I couldn’t get it out of my head and onto canvas fast enough, so here you go. #artbygibbi #artistoninstagram #artaccount #cute #illustrationsartist #drawing #illustration #digitalillustration #digitaldrawing #instagood #procreate #colorful #powerpuffgirls #HIM #ppghim #ppg #lilnasx #montero #callmebyyourname https://www.instagram.com/p/CNCu60EMQVR/?igshid=1smskcvao3gh4
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Love you boi.
But pls, no more strip clubs 😔🤙
You can find more of my work at insta @gguisa
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