Now, find out who, exactly, has the horses in the back and what was the inspiration for his viral song, “Old Town Road.” The 20-year-old rapper and musician, Lil Nas X, first became famous ...

Equal parts country twang and hip-hop bass, “Old Town Road” lent itself well to cowboy memes and line-dance riffs. Over the next few months, the indie song by a little-known artist called Lil ...

I don’t know anyone who hasn’t heard “Old Town Road” at this point. No, literally, I don’t. Two years ago, most people didn’t even know who Lil Nas X was and Billy Ray was not the ...

In the nearly four months since I last had a new No. 1 hit to write about for Slate, there have been moments, I’ll admit, when I wondered whether Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was a deep ...

If you're an artist looking to break chart records in the streaming era, your best weapon might just be quantity. First launched on TikTok, the video platform where users respond to song-based ...

Today, Lil Nas X, the Atlanta college dropout who made the mega-viral cowboy-rap novelty smash “Old Town Road,” turns 20.And today, as we learned last night, is also the day that “Old Town ...

“I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road / I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more,” he sang, recording on his own in an Atlanta studio on December 2, 2018. Later that day, he release ...

Collaborations between Nashville stars and rap and R&B artists are trending after Lil Nas X's unlikely hit "Old Town Road" topped the Billboard Hot 100 last week. Prior to hitting No. 1 ...

She had just about had it with this “Old Town Road” business. All day long, the kids from her bus were singing about taking their horses to the old town road and riding until they can’t no ...

Instead, X would share some crazy news about his health. Known for his lighthearted and upbeat nature, the “Old Town Road” singer— real name Montero Lamar Hill— took to Instagram on April ...