Lil Nas X

Personupdated 2025-11-18 20:58
Lil Nas X

Lil Nas X is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter who gained international fame with his 2018 single "Old Town Road." The song became a cultural phenomenon, setting the record for the longest-running number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He is also notable for being the first artist to come out as gay while having a number-one record.

The term "Lil Nas X is down" has recently trended online, but this is unrelated to the artist's personal status or career. Instead, it refers to a widespread technical outage affecting the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

On November 18, 2025, numerous news outlets reported that the platform X experienced a significant global service disruption. Thousands of users worldwide were unable to access the service, receiving error messages instead. The incident was part of a larger internet outage linked to the service provider Cloudflare.

This event caused the phrase "X is down" to trend, and due to the platform's naming convention, it was sometimes misinterpreted as referring to the artist Lil Nas X. The trending topic highlights how technical issues on major digital platforms can quickly generate widespread online discussion and confusion.

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