“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.” “Doesn’t even have to be me nominated,” he tweeted. An outstanding zero nominations again.” He followed up with, “I will be selling fish plates outside of the BET awards this year.”Īs far as his sexuality, Lil Nas X also wrote on Twitter that his zero nominations reflect the struggle of the LGBTQ+ people of color fighting to gain ongoing mainstream acknowledgment. In a series of now-deleted tweets, LNX sarcastically said, “Thank you BET Awards. In reaction, he took to his Twitter to voice how he felt, not only about his sexuality possibly playing a part in the nomination snub but also about being forgotten about for a 2022 GRAMMY nomination. The Viacom-owned network announced the nominees list on Wednesday (June 1) and Lil Nas X was more pressed than a “Panini” about not seeing his name in any of the categories. BET made sure to note that no one from their organization actually gets to vote on nominees.
