Lil Nas X has claimed Tekashi 6ix9ine slid into his DMs on Instagram, posting a screen-grab of the alleged messages.
However 6ix9ine, 24, denied as much on Friday, posting an Insta Stories video of himself opening up his Instagram and going into his own inbox.
When he was seen opening up his chat history with Lil Nas X, 21, it appeared empty other than a message request from the Old Town Road hitmaker.
Pointing the finger: Lil Nas X (left) has claimed Tekashi 6ix9ine (right) slid into his DMs on Instagram, posting a screen-grab of the alleged messages
Instagram does allow its users to ‘unsend’ messages, as well as to delete entire conversations from their chat history.
The war of words began when 6ix9ine posted a headline about China’s anal COVID-19 swab and joked: ‘Lil nas x entered the chat.’
Lil Nas X responded to the dig at his sexual orientation by tweeting a Tik Tok video of himself dancing as screen-grabs appeared in front of him.
The first screen-grab was of 6ix9ine’s Instagram joke and the second was of the DMs that Lil Nas X claims his fellow musical artist sent him.
October to February: Lil Nas’ screen-shot of the alleged messages is pictured
Striking back: However 6ix9ine, 24, denied as much on Friday, posting an Insta Stories video of himself opening up his Instagram and going into his messages
‘Stop playing with me son’: When he was seen opening up his chat history with Lil Nas X, 21, it appeared empty other than a message request from the Old Town Road hitmaker
In the second screen-grab an alleged message from 6ix9ine last month read: ‘Gonna be in ya city soon what ya doing lol?’ with emoji of an upturned face and a heart.
Tekashi 6ix9ine responded by filming himself on Insta Stories saying: ‘Before this s*** even start we gonna nip this s*** in the bud.’
He then filmed himself opening up his Instagram, showing an alleged chat history with Lil Nas X that was empty except for the latter’s purported message request.
‘Look,’ said 6ix9ine in the Insta Stories clip, which he posted online this Thursday. ‘Stop playing with me son.’
Origin story: The war of words began when 6ix9ine posted a headline about China’s anal COVID-19 swab and joked: ‘Lil nas x entered the chat’
Mover and shaker: Lil Nas X responded to the dig at his sexual orientation by tweeting a Tik Tok video of himself dancing as screen-grabs appeared in front of him
In a 2017 interview with This Is 50 6ix9ine had explained that his rainbow hairdo was not about being ‘gay or fruity’ but clarified: ‘I’m not homophobic or nothing.’
He added: ‘Like, I actually appreciate, you know, gay people, and you know what I’m saying? They run the industry basically, you know what I’m saying?’
Lil Nas X came out in 2019 and last year he disclosed that before he became a star he thought he would stay in the closet forever.
‘The honest truth is, I planned to die with the secret,’ he shared in the Guardian, revealing: ‘But that changed when I became Lil Nas X.’
Back and forth: The first screen-grab was of 6ix9ine’s Instagram joke and the second was of the DMs that Lil Nas X claims his fellow musical artist sent him
The allegation: In the second screen-grab an alleged message from 6ix9ine last month read: ‘Gonna be in ya city soon what ya doing lol?’ with emoji of an upturned face and a heart
Tekashi 6ix9ine, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder among other charges, emerged from house arrest last August.
He went to jail on the charges in 2019 but last year he was released into house arrest over coronavirus concerns inasmuch as he has asthma.
The Gooba rapper has a history of run-ins with the law, pleading guilty in 2015 to use of a child in a sexual performance.
Getting ahead of it: Tekashi 6ix9ine responded by filming himself on Insta Stories saying: ‘Before this s*** even start we gonna nip this s*** in the bud’
Scrolling through his Instagram: He then filmed himself opening up his Instagram, showing an alleged chat history with Lil Nas X that was empty except for the latter’s messages request
Speaking out: ‘Look,’ said 6ix9ine in the Insta Stories clip, which he posted online this Thursday, adding: ‘Stop playing with me son’