lil nas x

• he is an auteur, arguably, he had to gender perform his Old Town Road video in order to be seen as mainstream and part of popular culture
• although it could be argued that lil nas x had to gender perform for Old Town Road, he also in his later videos embraces his homosexuality and express gender fluidity, subverting most expectations of rap music that is often hypermasculine.
• Lil Nas X's industry baby video from 2021 can be read as a commentary on black hyperincarceration in America as the final shot of the prison burning shows Lil Nas X's criticism of the prison system in America.
• lil nas x came out a month after the old town road music video released