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 ...

That song, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” has profited from the very question of whether it is, in fact, country. In mid-March, the track by the then-19-year-old Atlantan appeared at No. 19 on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Old Town Road” is so much more than a hit at this point — it’s like centuries of American music were all building up to these 113 seconds of genius. Lil Nas X’s yeehaw manifesto has ...

For the past month, the biggest song in America has been about cowboys. If you’ve managed to avoid “Old Town Road,” the unlikely viral hit by rapper/country singer/Twitter personality Lil ...

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 ...

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 ...