The BET Awards announced their nominees last week, with the notable exception of Lil Nas X. It was a conspicuous snub, and Lil Nas X isn’t going to take it quietly. Since releasing his first full length record, Montero, last September, he’s seen massive critical success. He was nominated for five Grammys, two Brit Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards in this year’s awards circuit — so the slight from BET feels personal in the wake of so much fanfare elsewhere.
He first sounded off by posting a now deleted series of tweets that began, “thank you bet awards. an outstanding zero nominations again. black excellence!” When a twitter user asked him what he had put out to earn a nomination he coyly responded, “Idk maybe 3 of the biggest songs of last year & a critically acclaimed album. I feel like that should’ve helped me a bit.” He added, “Doesn’t even have to be me nominated. I just feel like black gay ppl have to fight to be seen in this world and even when we make it to the top mfs try to pretend we are invisible.”
