This week’s Ask Billy question arrived just under the wire.  Randy in Maine said, “What is going on with Lil Nas X?  Tell me this was all a big publicity stunt.”

Famed composer George M. Cohan once said, “I don’t care what the newspapers say about me, as long as they spell my name right.”  Of course, it’s rumored that Georgie was more concerned that they’d write “Cohen” and folks might think he was Jewish.  That’s neither hither nor yon.  Let’s clear up a few things about Nas (real name Montero Hill).  He was not arrested walking around downtown Los Angeles naked.  He was filmed by a driver walking down Ventura Boulevard in Studio City at 4AM on Thursday, August 21^st clad in only white Speedo-style undies and white cowboy boots.  The arrest happened around 6AM – after Nas “charged at officers and was taken into custody”.  He was initially brought to a hospital to be checked out and then was formally charged with “resisting or obstructing an officer”.  Fun fact – this is known as charge 69 (a) of the penal code.  Well, if you’re gonna be guilty of a penal code, 69 is a good place to start.  Unlike arrests of a non-violent nature and eligible for immediate bail, resistance is considered violent.  So Nas was put in Valley Jail in Van Nuys and held until Monday, August 25^th (when this column drops).  Was it a stunt?  Unless the stunt was to see how many dicks he could take in a prison cell, I’m guessing no.  But should you care to see him strut his stuff, check out BillyMasters.com.

When I’m already looking forward to Marilyn Maye’s 100^th birthday, we’ve definitely come to the end of yet another column.  Being of a certain age, I had a colonoscopy last week (a younger friend had an incident that reminded me early detection is the best prevention).  I am not only glad to report my clean bill of health, but the post-procedural report indicates that my colon was in the top percentile for cleanliness.  What can I say – practice, practice, practice.  Like Nas, I’ll show you a w/hole lot more on www.BillyMasters.com – the site that is anything but clean.  Should you want to show me your penal (penile) code, send a note to Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before Nas does a remake of Sheena Easton’s “Strut”.  So, until next time, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s bible.