


1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the song became the longest-running chart-topper in U.S history to date.

He became an international phenomenon when he moseyed onto the scene in 2019 with a surprise breakthrough that merged country and hip-hop, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning "Old Town Road." Breaking multiple records along the way with a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, the song rocketed to the No. He crashed at his sister's house while he pursued a music career and posted some songs on SoundCloud that got little traction. Award-winning Atlanta rapper, singer, songwriter, and queer icon Lil Nas X defies social and musical conventions with his genre-blurring takes on hip-hop, which have challenged industry norms and propelled him to number one across the globe.Īt 19, Lil Nas X decided to drop out of college in the summer of 2018 after just a year at a Georgia university.
