During his teens, Montero Lamar Hill was very active on social media, where he started using the nickname “Nas” as an internet alias. He then added the word “Lil,” because many new rappers had “Lil” in their names, and he thought it sounded funny. He later added the “X,” coming up with the final name Lil Nas X.
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