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Lil Nas Xsays two major rap stars declined to collaborate on his first album,Montero.
“I don’t usually ask for features like that,” Lil Nas X said, before telling Harris, 32, “But for every feature I did ask for on this album, like, every single one of them worked … besides Drake and Nicki [Minaj].”
He added that Drake — who released the albumCertified Lover Boythe same month asMonterodropped — is his “idol.”
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“I’m not sure how comfortable Nicki would have felt with that video or whatnot,” he added.
“I felt like Jack was in a very similar situation that I was in — having a super huge song and having people count you out,” said during aVevo Footnotes videoabout working with Harlow, 23, on his hit track. “That’s how I knew he would be perfect for this song.”
During a September episode of the radio showThe Breakfast Club, Lil Nas X also opened up about Drake and Minaj passing on a potential collaboration, specifically explaining why Drake declined to work onMontero.
“[Drake] was still working onCertified Lover Boy, and he was 100 percent focused on that, and I understood completely,” he said at the time. “And he said he’s down to do something, but just [it wasn’t] the right time.”
source: people.com
