{"id":30558,"date":"2021-07-23T19:36:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=30558"},"modified":"2021-07-23T19:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T19:36:50","slug":"lil-nas-x-industry-baby-music-video-bail-project-watch-listen-stream-release","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-music-video-bail-project-watch-listen-stream-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d Music Video Is for a Damn Good Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teasing us earlier this week with a comedy sketch<\/a> of the embattled controversy and consequential lawsuit with Nike over his “Satan Shoes,” Lil Nas X<\/a> has finally dropped the epic visuals to his smash hit “Industry Baby.” The video premiere, which featured Jack Harlow and carceral-inspired dance scenes, jabbed at the rapper’s critics while raising money for communities victimized by mass incarceration.<\/p>\n

Capitalizing off the video’s hotly-anticipated viewership, the 22-year-old turned the debut into a fundraiser for The Bail Project, a non-profit organization that advocates to dismantle structural systems of mass incarceration “by disrupting the money bail system one person at a time.” In the fundraiser description, the queer phenom wrote, “Music is the way I fight for liberation. But true freedom requires change in how the criminal justice system works, starting with cash bail.” He continued, “I know the pain that incarceration brings to a family, and I know the disproportionate impact that cash bail has on Black Americans. There are so many stories that call on us to take action, and I invite you to join me in this important civil right issue.” As of late, the philanthropic campaign has raised over $23,000 on behalf of the initiative.<\/p>\n

“Industry Baby” is a fiery follow-up to “Call Me By Your Name,” which has faced its own torrential wave of backlash for its hellish visuals that depicted the rapper seducing the devil with a lap dance. Whether decried as a blasphemous presence by staunch conservatives or lambasted for his sexually liberating music, X is committed to refusing the ironclad notions of the status quo. \u201cOnce you show the world more of yourself, they can relate more,\u201d he previously told Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>. He continued, \u201cLooking back on history, the biggest icons, the biggest artists, are the ones who aren\u2019t trying to always make everybody happy and who were doing themselves. I hope to do that at all times.”<\/p>\n