Lil Nas X shares he’s joining Biblical Studies programme: “Not everything is a troll”

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Lil Nas X has announced that he is going to university to join a Biblical Studies programme.The rapper took to his Instagram page yesterday (January 9) to share an image of his acceptance letter to Liberty University, a Christian university in Virginia.

He will be joining the university to take part in a dual concentration in Christian Leadership and Biblical Studies, with the course starting later this year.“I know some of yall hate me right now but i want yall to know im literally about to go to college for biblical studies in the fall,” he wrote in the caption. “Not everything is a troll!

Anyways IM A STUDENT AGAIN! LETS GOOO.”A post shared by ★ (@lilnasx)The backlash he mentions refers to that concerning his upcoming single ‘J Christ’.Sharing an announcement for the new song earlier this week, Lil Nas X faced controversy after the artwork showed him lying on a crucifix, with five bystanders beginning to raise him off the ground.“My new single is dedicated to the man who had the greatest comeback of all time,” he wrote in the caption, and he also posted a picture on X/Twitter, featuring four images of himself in priest robes with the words: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.”MY NEW SINGLE IS DEDICATED TO THE MAN WHO HAD THE GREATEST COMEBACK OF ALL TIME!

J CHRISTJANUARY 12, 202400:00 ESTBE THERE! pic.twitter.com/JEX6sSTft5— ✟ (@LilNasX) January 8, 2024New song and visual next week! –Official art dropping soon. –.