Lil Nas X Responds to the Criticisms Regarding His New Religious-Themed "J CHRIST"

Rapper Lil Nas X's brand new single "J CHRIST" and accompanying video have been criticized.  Lil Nas X has posted the cover art depicting himself as Jesus on the cross, claiming his new video will premiere in churches and uploading a TikTok video of himself dressed as Jesus while taking shots of red wine and eating communion wafers.   

Now, the rapper is offering an explanation and apology to those offended by his new song "J CHRIST." 

"I know I messed up really bad this time. I can act unbothered all I want, but it's definitely taken a mental toll on me," Lil Nas X said in the candid Instagram clip. "I'm not some evil demon guy trying to destroy everybody's values and stuff like that. That's not me."

"When I did the artwork, I knew there would be some upset people simply because religion is a very sensitive topic for a lot of people," Lil Nas X said in Monday's explanation clip. "But I also didn't mean to mock - this wasn't a f- you to the Christians. It was literally me saying I'm back like Jesus."

The singer also apologized for a TikTok video of himself simulating the act of taking communion, where he's seen taking shots of purple juice while scarfing down crackers in what appears to be a religious setting.

"I know given my history with the ['Montero (Call Me by Your Name)'] video, anything that I do related to religion can be seen as mockery," he said. "That just was not the case with this. I will say, though, with the communion video, with me eating the crackers and juice, I thought that video was going to lighten the mood to take it down less serious. I thought that was something we all wanted to do as kids, but I didn't understand the idea of the reality of what it is."

He added, "I didn't mean it as a cannibalism thing, or whatever the freak. But I do apologize for that. That was overboard. Though I don't agree with all of Christianity's rules, I know not everybody follows Christianity by the book 100% or the world would be a lot crazier." 

 

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