Dave East

Lil Nas X

Math Hoffa

<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/187282-dave-easts-alleged-nude-photos-leak-and-the-ladies-are-going-crazy-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dave East</a> has reflected on the controversy surrounding his comments on <a href="/profile/lilnasx" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Nas X</a>&#8217;s &#8220;Old Town Road.&#8221; Speaking with Math Hoffa for <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617304-math-hoffa-responds-to-jim-jones-best-podcasts-list" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">My Expert Opinion</a>, East explained that he is &#8220;cool with&#8221; the LGBTQIA+ community. 



“I said I did not like ‘Old Town Road.’ One day, I felt a way. I said, ‘I don’t like this record.’ You know their entire community ran down on me,” East said. He also added, “I never said nothing about the [LGBTQIA+] community. I’m cool with the people in the community.”



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At the time, East remarked that the song is &#8220;fucking wack&#8221; before adding, &#8220;I don’t know what the fuck is going on with hip-hop, with rap, but… I ain’t no hater, man, but that shit is wack with a cape on it, It’s super wack!&#8221;



He also later used a Jamaican slur to describe gay men while reacting to <a href="/profile/Nas" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Nas</a>&#8217; <a href="/profile/NickiMinaj" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Nicki Minaj</a>-inspired Halloween costume.



“It’s like you can’t have an opinion on shit no more,&#8221; East additionally said on My Expert Opinion. &#8220;You gotta know what comes with it. I didn’t say nothing about [Lil Nas X’s] preference as far as who he is as a person, I don’t give a fuck about that.”



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He further added: “I don’t like the song. I don’t like the fact that it’s being played on New York radio where I know it’s a thousand n****s right in the town. When I go to Atlanta, the radio sounds like Atlanta.”



&#8220;Old Town Road&#8221; famously reigned atop the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/322904-lil-nas-xs-old-town-road-becomes-most-certified-song-in-riaa-history-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Billboard Hot 100</a> chart for a record-breaking nineteen weeks in 2019. Nas later released a remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, which helped continue its success.



Check out Dave East&#8217;s appearance on My Expert Opinion above.



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