Lil Nas X Dominates Charts with “Industry Baby”
After gaining tremendous attention
online with #MonteroMakeUpChallenge, a collaborative effort
between Sony Music Philippines and Drag Playhouse PH in an effort to pay
tribute to his song’s inclusive and overt queer iconography, Lil Nas X
continues to dominate cultural conversations here and abroad with the equally
controversial new song “Industry
Baby.”
Featuring fellow rapper and hitmaker Jack Harlow, the song is steadily climbing
on various streaming charts in the country, and is currently making waves on
mainstream radio in Metro Manila and beyond.
“Industry Baby” features production by
Take a Daytrip and Kanye West and touches on Nas finding his confidence and
proving anyone who ever doubted his staying power, wrong. The song is the
latest to be released from the highly anticipated upcoming album Montero,
due later this year via Columbia Records.
Controversial music video
It follows Nas throughout the prison as
he serves his time and tries to break free with a little help from fellow
inmate Jack Harlow.
“Bail X-Fund” Project
Lil Nas X has also announced that he has
joined forces with The Bail Project, a national nonprofit organization on a
mission to end cash bail, one of the key drivers of mass incarceration and
structural racism in the U.S. criminal legal system. Through the “Bail X Fund,”
he hopes to encourage other artists to join him and The Bail Project in the
fight to end cash bail. Lil Nas X himself has made a starting donation, Jack
Harlow is jumping in to help as well, and fans are invited to donate with them.
All donations go directly into The Bail Project’s national revolving bail fund
to pay people’s bails.
To date, The Bail Project has posted
over $47M in free bail assistance for over 17,000 low-income people across the
country. They also provide post-release support through court reminders, free
transportation, and voluntary referrals for housing, substance use treatment,
and other services based on a person’s needs. Lil Nas X says this isn’t just
theoretical for him. “It’s personal. I know the pain that incarceration brings
to a family. And I know the disproportionate impact that cash bail has on Black
Americans and the LGBTQ community. Let’s bring people home & let’s fight
for freedom and equality.” For more information and to donate to the Bail X
Fund, please visit bailxfund.com.
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