Lil Nas X feels “bad” for DaBaby following backlash over homophobic comments

Lil Nas X used Variety’s 2021 Hitmakers Brunch as an opportunity to create some new content for TikTok. 

Chris Willman Music WriterNormally, it’d be a bad sign when patrons start walking out just two songs into a four-hour concert. But things are a little different when it’s BTS charged with opening the show, as the K-pop group was at the Jingle Ball at L.A.’s Forum Friday night.

Lil Nas X had so much fun with his celeb friends while attending the Variety Hitmakers Brunch!

J. Kim Murphy administratorLil Nas X was honored with Variety’s Innovator award at this year’s Hitmakers event on Saturday.

Lil Nas X is showing some skin on stage!

Selome Hailu editorVariety‘s annual Hitmakers event, presented by Peacock and comedy series “Girls5eva,” takes place Dec. 2, returning to an in-person red carpet and invite-only brunch after last year’s virtual event.A red carpet pre-show hosted by Variety‘s Marc Malkin, Angelique Jackson, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Clayton Davis begins at 11:30 a.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, appearing on MSNBC’s All in With Chris Hayes last night, responded recent controversial comments from Fox Nation host Lara Logan.

Jonathan Cohen As 2021 draws to a close, to say the hits keep on coming for Columbia Records would be an understatement. At press time, Variety’s Hitmakers Label of the Year, led by chairman and CEO Ron Perry (pictured at left) and executive VP-general manager Jenifer Mallory (right), had the top three songs on Mediabase’s Top 40 chart (Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow, the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” and Adele’s “Easy on Me”).

Lil Nas X is showing off some skin while arriving at an event!

Mike Wass A musical trailblazer with a sixth sense of marketing and memes, Lil Nas X helped create the soundtrack of 2021 with the ubiquitous “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and “Industry Baby.” When it comes to courting virality, the internet-savvy hitmaker is peerless — particularly in the visual medium. By gleefully pushing buttons in the name of social change and self-expression, the 22-year-old has almost single-handedly revived the event video.

William Earl Variety’s “On the Carpet” pre-show from its fifth annual Hitmakers event, presented by Peacock and “Girls5eva,” will be streamed exclusively on Variety.com and on Amazon Music’s Twitch page starting at 11:30 a.m. PT on Saturday.

Major Grammy nominations for artists such as Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Lil Nas X were apparently added at the last minute due to a change in rules. 

LGBTQI recording artists scored big as the nominations were read for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles on  Tuesday morning.

Is Lil Nas X the drama? He just might be!The  rapper (born Montero Lamar Hill) made an appearance on Wednesday's episode of , where he found himself in the middle of a shocking love triangle. In the full-length episode, the rapper plays Montero, the same character featured in his "That's What I Want" video.

Lil Nas X's album may have sounded a little different.The 22-year-old artist reveals in a new GQ interview that Nicki Minaj and Drake were the only artists to decline him on and the songs he wanted them on.«I don’t usually ask for features like that.

Is Lil Nas X the drama? He just might be!The  rapper is making an appearance on an episode of  next week, and he'll find himself in the middle of a shocking love triangle that leads to him confronting his ex-boyfriend about being married to a woman and having a son named Noah.

It’s arguable that no human being has seen more paternity test results than Maury Povich, but an upcoming edition of his daytime talk show will feature a shocking test reveal for one of rap’s hottest young stars.

Elton John has shared an update on his health following hip replacement surgery, as he was made a member of the Order of Companions of Honour by Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, during a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorGuillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg formed their own two-person film club during the pandemic.“During the lockdown he encouraged me and I encouraged him, we found movies we had never seen before and we let each other know what they were,” Spielberg said. “So the lockdown was literally spent watching movies, getting on text and talking for hours about the film.