Interview · moment 2 of 25
Origin of the Name Lil Xan and the Rise of the Persona
from #223 - Lil Xan | The Tim Dillon Show · #223
3 min
Guest
Lil Xan explains how his stage name came from being high on Xanax in Austin in 2016, how his friends' music careers pulled him into rapping, and how the controversy around his name and image took off.
- Tim is considering getting his first tattoo to commemorate a tour with his opener Dan.
- Doing comedy during the election run-up creates uncertainty about what crowds will be like.
- Audiences have been tense in recent weeks, having stayed home and now venturing out to clubs.
- His audience is politically divided—some want Trump to win, others view him as the devil—and he puts them in a room, pours alcohol on them, and tries to make them all laugh.
- Phoenix, Arizona crowds were drunk, partying junkies who didn't take mask-wearing seriously and tried to grab him for meet-and-greets after shows.
- The name Lil Xan came from a friend in Austin in 2016 who called him that because he was always high on Xanax.
- His camera had been stolen and he was off Xanax when walking into a liquor store on Main Street.
- He wasn't planning to make music until all his friends started making it, so he moved back to LA and decided to try it.