Lil Nas X's improbable, inexorable rise to the top of the charts and country-rap stardom continues to be one of the feel-good stories of the year. "Old Town Road," a supremely goofy song with a Nine Inch Nails sample and a Billy Ray Cyrus remix, blew up organically thanks to some TikTok memes and a…

Ah, yes. The story of "Old Town Road." I know it well— A classic underdog tale I hope to tell my children some day. It all started last month, when 19-year-old Lil Nas X's country-rap single became a viral hit, owing much of its initial success to TikTok, where users tied the song to the…

Stagecoach has become the latest stop along the ever-expanding trail that is "Old Town Road," with horse-riding rapper Lil Nas X planning his first-ever public performance of the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit at the country music festival.

Lil Nas X has climbed from the #15 spot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his debut viral hit "Old Town Road." The song was initially removed from Billboard's country charts, but was put back on following backlash. Last week, Billy Ray Cyrus vouched for the track's country credibility by joining Lil…

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" might herald a whole new era for country-rap, but is it actually country? Billboard, who removed the song from the country charts because it "does not embrace enough elements of today's country music," doesn't think so. But you know who does think so? Early-'90s country hitmaker Billy Ray Cyrus.