Nearly 30 years ago, when OutKast’s André 3000 said “the South got something to say”, who would’ve imagined that declaration to include a homegrown queer icon, Lil’ Nas X, years later boasting “I told you long ago, on the road, I got what they waitin’ for. I don’t run from nothin’, dog. Get your soldiers, tell ‘em I ain’t layin’ low”.