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Lil Nas X Gets Emotional After Claiming 2nd #1 Song · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. When lenas X exploded
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Speaker 1: onto the scene with his record breaking smash Old Town Road,
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Speaker 1: some critics were quick to label him a one hit wonder,
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Speaker 1: even while the song was still catching fire. They didn't
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Speaker 1: gi him a chance, but his new single, Montero just
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Speaker 1: debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot
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Speaker 1: one hundred and Nas took a moment to address the haters,
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Speaker 1: tweeting he told a nineteen year old who had just
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Speaker 1: escaped the lowest point of his life that he never
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Speaker 1: had a hit again, told him to stop while he
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Speaker 1: was ahead. He could have given up, but four multi
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Speaker 1: platinum songs and two number ones later, he's still here.
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Speaker 1: Nas also revealed he was battling intense depression about a
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Speaker 1: year ago, partially due to the pressure, and was having
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Speaker 1: to leave the studio every ten minutes to cry. But
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Speaker 1: during one of those emotional moments, a melody came to
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Speaker 1: him that he couldn't get out of his head. The
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Speaker 1: melody became the foundation of Montero. That's Direct from Hollywood.