Rapper Lil Nas X–Real Name: Montero Lamar Hill, is one of the celebrities taking part in Calvin Klein’s “Deal With It” Spring 2020 Campaign. Photos which were shot by Photographer Mario Sorrenti.
Montero dominated 2019 with his viral hit “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. The song spent 19 weeks at number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The song is now certified 12× Platinum in the United States, and won 2 Grammy Awards. The song also won Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song at the American Music Awards and Single of the Year at the BET Hip Hop Awards.
“Old Town Road” was part of Lil Nas X’s 7 EP, which also had another Top 10 hit, titled “Panini.” Panini was certified 4-Times Platinum in the United States.
This “Deal With It” campaign is ever more fitting for Lil Nas X, as he came out to the public as being gay in July of 2019.