Kid Cudi Wants To Help Lil Nas X , Get Rid of the ‘Homophobic Cloud Over Hip-Hop’.<br />Kid Cudi Wants To Help Lil Nas X , Get Rid of the ‘Homophobic Cloud Over Hip-Hop’.<br />Lil Nas X's debut <br />album, 'Montero,' <br />dropped on Sept. 17.<br />When he released the tracklist earlier this month, many people wondered why he didn't feature any Black men on the album but did collaborate with Black women.<br />"Maybe a lot of them just don't wanna work with me," he said in response.<br />Lil Nas X seemed to say that some people may not want to work with him because of his sexuality.<br />The rapper came out as gay in 2019 and has received backlash from the hip-hop community.<br />In fact, rapper Boosie used slurs against him and threatened to "beat [Lil Nas X's] a--.".<br />In a recent piece for 'Time' magazine's <br />"100 Most Influential People," <br />Kid Cudi praised Lil Nas X.<br />There's a homophobic cloud over hip-hop, and he's going to break that sh-- down, Kid Cudi, via 'Time'.<br />We have to stand with him. I'm going to do whatever I have to do to let him know -- you have my support, Kid Cudi, via 'Time'.<br />To have a gay man in hip-hop doing his thing, crushing records -- that is huge for us and for Black excellence, Kid Cudi, via 'Time'.<br />The way he's unafraid to make people uncomfortable is so <br />rock 'n' roll. He's a true rock star, Kid Cudi, via 'Time'