Lil Nas X is Going to Hell

On this episode of ICYMI, Slate’s new podcast about internet
culture, hosts Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher get
lewd. (Sorry, Mrs. Hampton.) First, they read
some erotica about the big, unstuck boat. Then, they
explain why Lil Nas X’s supposedly shocking turn—stripping for
the devil in his new video for “Montero” and selling “Satan Shoes”
with blood in them—is really just the logical next step for the
“Old Town Road” rapper. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and
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