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Lil Nas X unveils pregnancy photo shoot for 'Montero' album

Lil Nas X is full of surprises.

The two-time "Old Town Road" Grammy winner unveiled a pregnancy photo shoot with People on Thursday (Sept. 2), and his little bundle of joy is his highly anticipated debut solo studio album Montero due Sept. 17.

Nas (born Montero Lamar Hill) explained to the publication that he was struck with the idea when he heard Megan Thee Stallion's verse on track "Dolla Sign Slime."

"I was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing,' so I immediately called my stylist," the 22-year-old said. "She was like, 'Wow, this all comes together. Your album. Your baby.' I was like, 'Yeah, this is my baby, huh?' As a joke, she was like, 'Yeah, you should do a pregnancy shoot.' I was like, 'You know what? That's actually brilliant. So now we have this entire thing coming out, and it's going to be amazing."

Nas later referred to himself as "the father as well as the mother" of his album and teased what fans can expect to hear in its songs: "You're getting a lot of stories about me. You're getting a lot of stories about my past and where I want to be in my love life. But they're also a bop. I feel like I finally found a great balance between being as real as possible within my music and making a hit song."

Nas has been revealing details about Montero all week, including inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants:

And for the record, Nas' idea to have his own pregnancy shoot preceded Drake announcing Certified Lover Boy will finally arrive Friday (Sept. 3) by sharing the album's cover art featuring several pregnant women emojis, which Nas cleverly spoofed.

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