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Lil Nas X vented his frustration after receiving ZERO BET Awards nominations in a series of now-deleted tweets: “I just feel like black gay people have to fight to be seen in this world.”
Lil Nas X was quick to take to social media to express his frustration at not receiving any nominations for the 2022 BET Awards … though he quickly deleted them.
The 23-year-old musician has won two Grammy Awards with 11 nominations since bursting onto the scene in 2020, although he only has one BET Awards nomination for Best New Artist in 2020, which he lost to Roddy Ricch.
The rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) took to Twitter shortly after the nominations were announced on Wednesday, calling out the awards show before deleting his tweets.
Lil Nas Speaks: Lil Nas X was quick to take to social media to express his frustration at not receiving any nominations for the 2022 BET Awards … although he quickly deleted them
One nomination: The 23-year-old musician has won two Grammy Awards with 11 nominations since bursting onto the scene in 2020, although he only has one BET Awards nomination for Best New Artist in 2020, which he lost to Roddy Ricch
‘Thank you bet prizes. an outstanding zero nominations again. black excellence!’ he said with a black prayer hands emoji and a heart emoji.
The openly gay singer also responded to a fan who asked why he thought he should have been nominated.
“Idk maybe 3 of the biggest songs of the last year and a critically acclaimed album…I think that should have helped me a bit,” he said.
Thank you: ‘Thank you bet prizes. an outstanding zero nominations again. black excellence!’ he said with a black prayer hands emoji and a heart emoji
IDK: “Idk maybe 3 of the biggest songs of the last year and a critically acclaimed album…I think that should have helped me a bit,” he said
He continued by pointing out how black gay people are always struggling to be seen.
“Not even that, I don’t even need to be nominated, I just feel like black gay people have to fight to be seen in this world and even if we make it to the top, MFS are trying to pretend that we would be invisible,” he added.
Lil Nas X stormed the music scene with Old Town Road, which sold over 18 million records worldwide and broke a long-standing Billboard record.
Invisible: “Not even that, I don’t even need to be nominated, I just feel like black gay people have to fight to be seen in this world and even if we make it to the top, the MFS are trying to pretend as if we were invisible. ‘ he added
Huge hit: Lil Nas X stormed the music scene with Old Town Road, which sold over 18 million records worldwide and broke a long-standing Billboard record
The song topped the Hot 100 singles chart for 19 weeks, breaking a record held by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s One Sweet Day and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Despacito, both of whom topped the chart for 16 consecutive weeks .
The song was also nominated for a Grammy for Record Of the Year and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Won and Best Music Video for the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus.
In September 2021, he released his debut album Montero, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Albums chart and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.
Grammy: The song was also nominated for a Grammy for Record Of the Year and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Won and Best Music Video for the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus
Debut Album: He released his debut album Montero in September 2021, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard albums chart and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys
The three songs Nas X referenced were Montero (Call Me By Your Name) and Industry Baby, both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, That’s What I Want, which peaked at #8.
Doja Cat leads all nominees at the BET Awards with six nominations, followed by Drake and Ari Lennox with four each.
Taraji P. Henson will host the 2022 BET Awards from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, which will air BET Sunday, June 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Songs: The three songs Nas X referenced were Montero (Call Me By Your Name) and Industry Baby, both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, That’s What I Want, which peaked at #8
Awards: Doja Cat leads all nominees at the BET Awards with six nominations, followed by Drake and Ari Lennox with four each
