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With Blanco Brown’s ‘The Git Up Challenge,’ 2019 Is Truly the Summer of the Yee-Haw Agenda
Where TikTok goes, so do the Billboard charts. This was true of “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X’s ubiquitous smash, which has been sitting pretty atop Billboard’s Hot 100 for the past 10 weeks. And it may soon be true of Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up,” another impossibly catchy country tune that has quickly been…
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Marlborough, NH, Police: ‘Stop Taking Your Horses Down to Our Old Town Road’ [Corrected]
There’s an actual Old Town Road in Marlborough, N.H., and residents are sick and tired of the constant attention. Ever since “Old Town Road” took over the airwaves and album charts and got plenty of Wrangler-wearing booties on the line-dancing floor, 20-year-old rapper Lil Nas X has been flying high on cloud nine. You know…
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Crusty Country Music Fans Want to Boycott Wrangler Jeans For Partnering with Lil Nas X
This week, after Wrangler jeans announced a new yee haw agenda capsule collection with Lil Nas X, some country music fans are calling for a full-out boycott. The limited edition pieces are a nod to Lil Nas X’s No. 1 hit, “Old Town Road,” which features country star Billy Ray Cyrus. “Cowboy hat from Gucci/Wrangler…
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Want Wranglers on Your Booty? Lil Nas X's Newest Collab Is a Denim Collection
Is he country enough for you now, Billboard? Hot on the heels of his star-studded video for the “Old Town Road” remix, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X is bringing the song’s lyrics, “Cowboy hat from Gucci, Wrangler on my booty” to life, partnering with Columbia Records and Wrangler Jeans on a denim capsule…
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Watch: Lil Nas X Drops ‘Old Town Road’ Video Featuring Chris Rock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty and More
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus dropped its highly anticipated music video with unexpected cameos from Chris Rock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty, Diplo and more. The five-minute video, paying homage to the Wild West, starts off with a chase down Old Town Road 1889 before Lil Nas X comes…
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'Old Town Road' Rides to the Top: Lil Nas X Lands No. 1 Song in America
Turns out “Old Town Road,” the song that wasn’t country enough for Billboard’s Country charts, is plenty hot enough to be the country’s No. 1 song. As Billboard itself reported Monday night, the viral hit catapulted from No. 15 to No. 1 on the charts over the last week. And while some of the interest…
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The Yee-Haw Agenda Flourishes: Lil Nas X Adds Country Heavyweight Billy Ray Cyrus to ‘Old Town Road’ Remix
After Billboard, tapping into a long and cherished tradition of erasing black people from country music, decided Lil Nas X’s hit song, “Old Town Road” wasn’t white country enough to make a home on its country charts, the 19-year-old musician offered a clapback for the ages. He added Billy Ray Cyrus—a country-ass motherfucker if you…
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Apparently, Billboard Doesn't Think Lil Nas X's Country Hit 'Old Town Road' Has Enough 'Country Elements' for Its Chart
Remember that time Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons” at the Country Music Awards (CMAs) with the Dixie Chicks (in an extra-loaded and delightfully shady move, given the group’s comments about George W. Bush and their subsequent snubbing) and Cranky Caucausia got in their feelings about it? Good times. Cut to now. So, there’s this artist named…