On ‘Holiday,’ Lil Nas X Discusses The Stigmas That Bottoms Face After Coming Out As One

On “Holiday,” Lil Nas X went candid about a sexual preference, rapping, “Ayy, can I pop sh*t? / I might bottom on the low, but I top sh*t.” In a recent Variety interview, the rapper, who is one of music’s most visible members of the LGBTQ community, speaks out about being a bottom and the stigmas that bottoms endure.

He said, “I feel like even within the gay community, people see bottoming as a joke or something, and somebody who bottoms is beneath a top or something. The idea of that, I feel like, is a form of misogyny between men, you know? It doesn’t make any sense, and people attribute certain traits to whichever sexual position you decide to take. A lot of people say, ‘It’s just a joke.’ But all jokes have truths to them.”

Elsewhere, he speaks about how fame has impacted his love life, saying, “Before fame, I didn’t really have a sexual life besides one person or two. It’s definitely made things a lot more interesting, to say the least. I’ve had some good boyfriends, some bad ones. A lot of them emotionally unavailable and whatnot. A lot of insecurity between them. But yeah, I found somebody special now.”