I am named after a car - rapper LIl Nas X discloses
21-year-old rapper Lil Nas X, revealed the origin of his birth name and the inspiration behind his stage name. According to the 'Panini' crooner, the story behind his real name is slightly embarrassing, but not embarrassing'. Lil Nas X while speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, revealed that he was actually named after a car. First asked by Fallon, 46, what he should call him, Lil Nas X told the late-night host, "You can call me Nas or Montero," which prompted Fallon to ask why he didn't use Montero, his real first name, as a stage name. Lil Nas X explained that Nas came from his "internet alias," before adding that he took inspiration from other new musicians when he came up with the rest of his stage name. "When I started doing music, I was like, 'I want to have fun with this," he said. "And every new rapper's name is Lil, Lil, Lil. 'What if I was Lil Nas? That'd be funny.' So I was like,