If theres one song you cant get away from this summer (and why would you want to?) its Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.
The catchy bop – with a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – absolutely smashed the charts from April onwards, propelling Lil Nas X to stardom.
The song has been surprisingly controversial since its release in December last year, after Billboard removed the song from their country chart, where it had reached number 19.
It was disqualified for allegedly not fitting into the country genre, prompting calls for it to be reinstated by other country singers.
Lil Nas X also managed to have the last laugh too, releasing the remix with Cyrus in retort and getting to number 1 on Billboards Hot 100 on his birthday.
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Who is Lil Nas X?
Born in on April 9, 1999, Lil Nas X is just 20 years old.
With the real name Montero Lamar Hill, he grew up in and around Atlanta, Georgia.
After school, he briefly studied at the University of West Georgia, but dropped out and supported himself with jobs in hospitality.
Growing his online personality, Montero started stan Twitter accounts for Nicki Minaj, and began posting shortform videos on Vine and TikTok.
Old Town Road was released on December 3, 2018, and went viral due to a related yeehaw challenge on TikTok, as well as the movement, yeehaw agenda.
After the country charts incident, Billboard claimed their decision to take the song off of the country chart had absolutely nothing to do with the race of the artist, but allegations of racism continued.
Once the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus was released, however, Lil Nas X broke Drakes record for the most US streams in one week, with 143 million. He has since gone on to be nominated for a number of awards, release an EP, and perform at GlasRead More – Source
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