The True Meaning Behind Dead Right Now By Lil Nas X

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

On "Dead Right Now," Lil Nas X exposes the people that came out of the woodwork on his rise to fame. "You know, you never used to call / Keep it that way now," Nas sings of fake supporters and haters, continuing: "I'll treat you like you're dead right now."

Continuing to address his adversity, Nas takes the personal song even further by singing about his turbulent relationship with his mother. "My mama told me that she love me, don't believe her / When she get drunk, she hit me up, man, with a fever," Nas reveals on the song about his mother's struggle with addiction. The rapper calls his mother a "deceiver" when she claims to get clean from substances.

In the wake of a video of Lil Nas X's mom panhandling, fans criticized Nas for supposedly not doing enough to help her, per Atlanta Black Star. The outlet reported Nas hit back at his critics in a now-deleted tweet, sharing: "I've cried myself to sleep feeling guilty because nothing I tried would help my mom."

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