Rapper Lil Nas X. -

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Last weekend, Lil Nas X, author of the global hit

Old Town Road

, unveiled the spectacular music video for

Montero (Call Me by Your Name)

.

Combining biblical and mythological references in a queer and

fantasy

universe 

, the rapper stages himself as an angel or a demon, and affirms his homosexuality.

If the video has been praised by many Internet users and already peaks at more than 30 million views on YouTube, it was not to everyone's taste, reports several media including BFMTV.

Lil Nas X was accused by the British rapper Mint Chip of corrupting the youth, an attack to which the artist quickly responded.

A letter addressed to himself

“The system targets children.

Lil Nas X fans are mostly children.

They did the same with Miley Cyrus after

Hannah Montana,

 ”Mint Chip wrote on Twitter.

“There is no system.

I made this decision to create this clip, I'm an adult.

I'm not going to spend my career trying to please children.

It's your job, ”Lil Nas X replied.

In a tweet published the day of the release of the clip, the rapper had published a very personal message addressed to the young Montero, who is none other than his real first name.

“I wrote a song with our name in it.

This concerns a guy I met last summer.

I know we promised ourselves that we would never come out publicly, never be "that" kind of gay person, we promised ourselves we would die with this secret, but it will open doors for a lot of people. 'other queer people, and allow them to live quite simply,' he wrote in particular.

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