Lil Nas X’s real name Montero comes from a car

As you may or may not know, Lil Nas X’s real name is Montero Lamar Hill.

“It’s a little embarrassing, but I’m not embarrassed,” he began. “My mother wanted the car, the [Mitsubishi] Montero, and she never had one. “

“So yes, I have the name of a car.”

For context, here is the Mitsubishi Montero:

Looks like a rugged SUV, of course.

As to why he didn’t use Montero for his stage name, he said: “Nas was my pseudonym on the internet, and then when I started making music I was like, ‘I want to m ‘have fun with that. “And every new rapper’s name is Lil, Lil, Lil.” What if I was Lil Nas? “That would be funny. So I was like,” Alright, bet. I’ll be Lil Nas. “And I added the X later.”