Lil Nas X Offers to Perform at Area 51 Raid

The campaign to infiltrate Area 51 is growing more and more in popularity, with over 1.5 million [...]

By Jenna Anderson

The campaign to infiltrate Area 51 is growing more and more in popularity, with over 1.5 million people offering to attend the event. Everyone from Guy Fieri to Danny Trejo to Gritty has responded to the online phenomenon -- and it looks like Lil Nas X is willing to provide the music. Earlier this week, the "Old Town Road" rapper responded to an online fundraiser wanting him to perform at the Area 51 raid, remarking that he's "got y'all for free".

This isn't the only Area 51-themed content that Lil Nas X has put out this week, after he released a music video for the latest "Old Town Road" remix which revolves around the event. The animated video shows Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug, and Mason Ramsey riding up on the military base, and finding everything from aliens to Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet to Keanu Reeves cosplaying Naruto.

For the uninitiated, Area 51 is a section of the Edwards Air Force Base in the Nevada desert. For decades, it's never been abundantly clear exactly what the base does, outside of evidence that it has been used to create experimental aircraft and weapons systems. Some have believed that the base is secretly hiding proof of extraterrestrial life, either through studying a crashed UFO or attempting to contact a new one.

The Area 51 movement has spun out of a viral Facebook event, which is appropriately named "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us". The page suggests that a giant group of people attempt to visit and "Naruto run" their way into the secretive military base and find out what extraterrestrial information they have.

"We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry." the event's description reads. "If we [Naruto] run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens."

While the event is clearly a joke, the sheer number of people responding to it has since garnered an official response from the Air Force, who are apparently "ready to protect" the base should the event actually come to fruition.

"[Area 51] is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces," Air Force spokesperson Laura McAndrews said in a statement (via Yahoo). "The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets".

The "Storm Area 51" event is theoretically scheduled for September 20th, and there's no telling if anyone will actually turn their digital RSVP into action. If they do, maybe Trejo will be a source of inspiration for them.

What do you think of Lil Nas X's take on the "Storm Area 51" event? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

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