Lil Nas X feared he would die as he battled depression and hypochondria.
The 21-year-old rapper opened up on his mental health struggles in a candid TikTok post, revealing that he had “no friends” during college and struggled to cope after his grandmother passed away.
Lil Nas began his video by writing: “Hey I’m Lil Nas X, and this is my story. In 2017, I became the first of all my family to get into college. During college I was depressed, had no friends… and my grandmother passed.”
The ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker admits that he only felt better when he started making music.
He explained: “I started going to the doctor a lot in fear that I would die soon… hypochondria. In May 2018 I started making music. I was happy again!!!”
Lil Nas – whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill – revealed how he moved in with his sister before events took a turn for the worse when she kicked him out.
The singer wrote: “I dropped out and moved with my sister! In June 2018 I released my first mixtape ‘Nasarati’. Things were going great, then they weren’t! My brother who was helping me left to the military & my songs were no longer doing good.
“In November 2018, feeling hopeless, I moved with my other brother where it was domestic violence everyday.”