Lil Nas X Recalls “Scary” Period of Self-Medicating and Coming Out
Lil Nas X is opening up about using marijuana to cope with the deaths of a loved one and popular members of the rap community, his decision to come out and his family.
The 20-year-old rapper, who is nominated for his first six Grammy Awards at the upcoming 2020 Grammys, made his comments to Variety in a cover interview published on Wednesday.
"So much happened during my rise.
You know, drugs and murders," he told the outlet, referring to the deaths of Nipsey Hussle, who was shot dead at age 33 in Los Angeles in March, XXXTentacion, who was killed in a shooting in Florida in 2018, and Juice Wrld, who died at age 21 in December at a Chicago airport after...