Lil Nas X took to Instagram on Monday to offer an explanation about his controversial new single J. Christ.
The 24-year-old rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) riled up many Christian fans and artists with his new single and music video for J Christ.
Christian artsits such as Dee-1, Lecrae and Hurricane Chris have blasted Lil Nas X for the song and urged their followers to pray for him.Â
He took to Instagram on Monday with a video to his 11.4 million followers that began, ‘I wanted to… not necessarily apologize, but I wanted to explain where my head’s at and where it’s been for the last week.’
‘So, first of all, when I did the artwork, I knew like there would be some upset people and whatnot, simply because, you know, religion is a very sensitive topic for a lot of people,’ he added.
Lil Nas X took to Instagram on Monday to offer an explanation about his controversial new single J. Christ
The 24-year-old rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) riled up many Christian fans and artists with his new single and music video for J Christ
He took to Instagram on Monday with a video to his 11.4 million followers that began, ‘I wanted to… not necessarily apologize, but I wanted to explain where my head’s at and where it’s been for the last week’
‘But… I also didn’t mean to mock. This wasn’t a “F*** you to you people. F*** you to the Christians,”‘ Nas X explained.
‘It was not that. It was literally me saying, “Oh, I’m back like Jesus,” that was like the whole thing. I’m not the first person to dress up as Jesus, I’m not the first rapper, I’m not the first artist, I won’t be the last,’ he added.
He admitted that given his, ‘history’ with the Call Me By Your Name video, ‘anything I do towards religion can be seen as like mockery. That was just not the case with this.’
‘And I will say, though, with the communion video, with me eating the crackers and juice, I thought that video was gonna be the video to lighten the mood to take it down, less serious and whatnot. I thought that was something we all wanted to do as kids,’ he added.
He also admitted that he, ‘didn’t understand the idea of… you know, the reality of what it is, me eating is the symbolism of Jesus’ blood and bones or something like that, I don’t remember completely.’
 ‘I did not mean it to be as like a cannibalism thing, or whatever the freak, but I do apologize for that. I will say I am sorry for that. That was overboard,’ he said.
However, he admitted that he, ‘does not agree with all of Christianity’s rules and whatnot,’ adding, ‘I know not everyone follows Christianity by the book or 100% or, you know, the world would be a lot crazier, but I do apologize for that.’
He also admitted, ‘This is not to try and get everybody on my good side or whatnot, this is moreso to clear my own head about my own decisions. I know I messed up like really bad this time and I can act unbothered all I want but it’s definitely taken a mental toll on me.’
‘But… I also didn’t mean to mock. This wasn’t a “F*** you to you people. F*** you to the Christians,”‘ Nas X explained
‘It was not that. It was literally me saying, “Oh, I’m back like Jesus,” that was like the whole thing. I’m not the first person to dress up as Jesus, I’m not the first rapper, I’m not the first artist, I won’t be the last,’ he added
He admitted that given his, ‘history’ with the Call Me By Your Name video, ‘anything I do towards religion can be seen as like mockery. That was just not the case with this’
However, he admitted that he, ‘does not agree with all of Christianity’s rules and whatnot,’ adding, ‘I know not everyone follows Christianity by the book or 100% or, you know, the world would be a lot crazier, but I do apologize for that’
‘I know this will not be an immediate move-forward and whatnot, but I do want my Christian fans to know that I am not against you. I was put on this Earth to, you know, pull people closer together and promote love and that’s who I am,’ he said.Â
‘I’m not like some evil demon guy trying to destroy everybody’s values and stuff like that. That’s not me,’ he added.
‘And also with the video, there’s no disrespect. I thought me clearly not being on the side of the devil in that video was like… I don’t know, there was an understanding that I’m not like trying to diss Christianity,’ he said, admitting this was not a speech he ‘wrote down’ adding he was doing it, ‘off the top of my head.’
‘Lastly, again, I hope, sooner or later, we can move forward and I’m excited for the rest of this era and the things I have planned. That’s all I have to say for now. I’m sending you guys love, sending my fans love, I’m sending the people who I hurt love,’ he concluded.Â
