{"id":196734,"date":"2019-09-20T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ty-herndon-says-lil-nas-x-coming-out-can-open-doors-for-hip-hop"},"modified":"2019-09-20T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:05:12","slug":"ty-herndon-says-lil-nas-x-coming-out-can-open-doors-for-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ty-herndon-says-lil-nas-x-coming-out-can-open-doors-for-hip-hop","title":{"rendered":"Ty Herndon Says Lil Nas X Coming Out Can Open Doors For Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-116671\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"27.4040268456\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"49.98012003\">\n<section id=\"cb-bce559014fe8dc28a9de658e409e17df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-284521d5-e394-50b5-81fd-70d9ad194bba-83810787-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/092019-ty-herndon-4636428-0-fijspzqd\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-284521d5-e394-50b5-81fd-70d9ad194bba-83810787-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Billy Ray Cyrus\" alt=\"Billy Ray Cyrus\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ty-Herndon-Says-Lil-Nas-X-Coming-Out-Can-Open-Doors-For-Hip-Hop.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0d58dac97975b3f3aed10b9ff4b317a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.6042780749\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lil-nas-x\/\"><strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong><\/a> coming out is going to spark change in the hip-hop community \u2026 so says <strong>Ty Herndon<\/strong>, who thinks Lil Nas\u2019 bravery will make it easier for others in the industry to be themselves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7130e7931ae79cb24df7399d6fe1c3a7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>We got Ty before his Thursday night set at Rockwell Table and Stage, and our guy asked if the country music veteran thinks Lil Nas X will help other gay hip-hop artists feel comfortable and accepted enough to come out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80aab4867b00e97ef2cd197b17a84ca9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Ty\u2019s the first male country musician to reveal he\u2019s gay, which is why he says he knows times are a changin\u2019. He flat-out believes \u2026 in Nashville, your sexuality doesn\u2019t matter anymore \u2014 and he thinks Lil Nas can bring that same change in hip-hop.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-05252a004c09aef9fea01feb94f63e95\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-05252a004c09aef9fea01feb94f63e95-1432666476-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"31.296\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"16.308\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">some of y\u2019all already know, some of y\u2019all don\u2019t care, some of y\u2019all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y\u2019all to listen closely to c7osure. &#x1f308;&#x1f929;&#x2728; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O9krBLllqQ\">pic.twitter.com\/O9krBLllqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nope (@LilNasX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilNasX\/status\/1145428812404068352?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilNasX\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@LilNasX<\/a>\n     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e65366fa1ea47a942dae85acc40ca74d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.5954545455\">\n<p>TMZ broke the story \u2026 the \u201cOld Town Road\u201d rapper became inspired to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/06\/30\/lil-nas-x-seemingly-comes-out-as-gay-in-pride-post\/\"><strong>share his truth<\/strong><\/a> with the world at the end of Pride Month after performing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/billy-ray-cyrus\/\"><strong>Billy Ray Cyrus<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/miley-cyrus\/\"><strong>Miley Cyrus<\/strong><\/a> in front of a MASSIVE crowd in England.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4578d2b72ca92724e7fd8553426619ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Ty says he was super proud of LNX for coming out because it\u2019s extremely hard for rappers to be themselves, and he thinks Lill Nas can be a trailblazer in the industry.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/09\/20\/ty-herndon-lil-nas-x-coming-out-gay-open-doors-hip-hop\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/ty-herndon-says-lil-nas-x-coming-out-can-open-doors-for-hip-hop\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZ.com Lil Nas X coming out is going to spark change in the hip-hop community \u2026 so says Ty Herndon, who thinks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}