Lil Nas X apologises to trans community after making them the punchline of a joke

Lil Nas X has apologised to the trans community after being accused of making them the "punchline of a joke".

The Industry Baby hitmaker faced a backlash after he shared a photo of influencer Glow Princess — whose real name is Armanda Tounghui — and jokingly suggested that it was actually a picture of him after "surgery".

He tweeted: "the surgery was a success [double heart emoji]"

When fans called out the 23-year-old rapper for making the trans community the "punchline of a joke", he hit back: "I'm literally just saying she looks like me y'all cannot be f****** serious."

And when another fan asked why he "had to mention surgery," he replied, "because she has t******? are u dense?"

But shortly afterwards, the Old Town Road singer — whose real name is Montero Hill — deleted his tweets and issued an apology.

He wrote: "Apologies to the trans community i def handled that situation with anger instead of considering why it was not cool. much love to you guys. Sorry."

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Nas recently revealed he snubbed an offer to party with Beyonce because he didn't want to let down his fans.

He said: "I've actually been invited to come to one of her Renaissance parties and that was super dope — think it was on the day of one of the shows and I was like, 'Do I completely leave my fans stranded and don't come to the show to see Beyonce or not?' but you know I couldn't. "

However, he is hoping he'll receive another invitation one day in the future.

He added: "Some time though for sure!"

The rapper went on to heap praise on Beyonce for making bold moves with her album Renaissance.

He said: "The overall idea of this super duper pop legend, not even, this music legend in general, going into this direction that's not really mainstream at all. I think that's just so big of her. It's liberating."

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