Lil Nas X knows no boundaries when it comes to trolling — his stage name being one of the obvious examples. On the heels of releasing his new single “Industry Baby,” featuring Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X posted the “uncensored video” for the song on YouTube, and it may be even more comedic than his trolling in the original version.
Online viewers were highly amused when they discovered that the video continuously buffers starting at the 34-second mark and lasts until the end of the nearly four-minute video. The comments under the video are hilarious.
It’s bad enough that Lil Nas X — or his team — decided to troll some of the OGs of rap. In the first scene of the video after he’s sentenced to prison, Lil Nas X is hanging upside down baring his abs in a jail cell. Does it seem familiar? Maybe, it’s because rapper 50 Cent did the same thing in his music video for his 2003 hit single “In Da Club,” that garnered over 1.2 billion views on YouTube.
In another reference, Lil Nas X quotes Waka Flocka Flame’s sleeper hit, “O Let’s Do It.” The Atlanta rapper was under fire in recent years for allegedly saying disparaging things about the LGBTQIA community, particularly transgender women. Put two and two together, and it’s not hard to figure out what the shout out is shouting out.
Lil Nas X’s final troll antic was to society, and dare we say the Black community. A little bit over a year since people of all races protested against racism implemented in all pillars of American society, Lil Nas X decides to highlight the criminal justice system and prison culture in his own unique way. The original video shows him being sentenced to a five-year bid in prison. Next thing viewers see in the Elias Talbot shoot are a gain of mostly Black men wearing pink prison fits, while doing a nude dance in the showers, and twerking in visitation.
To many, the video is more absurd than Cardi B’s “WAP,” even a conspiracy, but most of all…it’s an unapologetic trolling of the masses! He’s trolling for attention and an extension of his fame. If Magic City meeting Orange Is The New Black is the way he chooses to do it, then, by all means, that’s his prerogative. As long as he’s not part of an overarching agenda to influence Black males to be one way or another to lessen the intimidation felt by others who fear them and they continue to be free to choose what they want to be — whether gay, straight, or totally not focused on this because they’re too busy living a life outside of the critical, but not critically acclaimed, social media matrix…Then, peace on Earth and nature sings. Right?
