Lil Nas X has actually mastered the craft of producing a buzz, so it comes as no shock that he would carry out throughout one of many greatest nights in intercollegiate sports activities.
On Saturday (October 28), a video surfaced on Twitter that includes the silky-haired performer readying to hit the stage at ESPN’s College GameDay throughout a extremely anticipated matchup between No. 13 Utah Utes and the No. 8 Oregon Ducks at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
Speaking of his connection to the Utah footballers, the “Old Town Road” star stated: “I have family that went here, that goes here right now.” The Georgia native proceeded to unzip his jacket to unveil a customized Utah jersey (No. 28, which belongs to security Sione Vaki), whereas the community displayed a throwback photograph exhibiting a youthful Lil Nas X repping the identical workforce.
Check out a snippet from his look under:
Lil Nas X has household ties to Utah soccer 🙌#CollegeGameDaypic.twitter.com/FRPKvueVzY
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 28, 2023
His look on the recreation served as a much-needed constructive notice (regardless of Utah’s final defeat) for Lil Nas X, who simply final month was the goal of a bomb risk.
The risk, which occurred on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) — the place he was slated to premiere his documentary Long Live Montero — was reportedly directed on the 24-year-old on account of his Blackness and sexuality, particularly focusing on him as a Black queer artist, a supply near the state of affairs informed Variety on the time.
However, representatives for TIFF had a special take.
“Earlier this evening, we were made aware by the Toronto Police Service of an investigation in the vicinity of the red carpet for the ‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero’ screening,” a spokesperson informed Variety. “Our standard security measures remained in place during this time and the screening commenced with a slight delay. To our knowledge, this was a general threat and not directed at the film or the artist.”
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Appearing on the opposite facet of the regulation, Lil Nas X discovered himself in a difficult predicament in the summertime after Norwegian police stopped him in relation to an incident that triggered a large underground highway disturbance.
As reported by Rolling Stone, the “Old Town Road” hitmaker was one among 4 Americans stopped by authorities in July for driving electrical scooters alongside the Festning Tunnel — a part of a large underground highway system generally known as the Opera Tunnel.
Lil Nas X documented the shut name on social media. “About to go to jail in Norway (fire emoji),” he wrote alongside a snap that includes himself donned in an orange hoodie, as he stood within the well-known tunnel, through his Instagram Stories.
“nvm they fuck wit my music,” he added together with one other picture posing with authorities in entrance of a squad automotive, confirming he was formally within the clear.
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