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Lil Nas X Is a Brilliant Queer Musician—and a Brave One

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The Grammy-award winning, chart-topping musician is now officially a Black queer icon with his controversy-causing “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” music video—and those shoes.

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Lil Nas X at the Grammy Awards in January 2020.
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