Atlanta rapper Lil Nas X recently made music history with his breakout hit “Old Town Road.” The song — which first gained popularity as a meme on video app TikTok — is now the longest ...

“Old Town Road” is only just fine, though. Let’s not get carried away. It’s fun to hear Lil Nas X sink into that low drawl, daydreaming about the life of a libertine cowboy, then leap back ...

“Old Town Road” has blown up the Billboard charts, and now the song is the music that fuels the action-packed “Rambo: Last Blood,” which hits theaters this fall.

Somehow, “Old Town Road” is still the #1 song in America. Two weeks ago, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ leftfield country-rap smash broke the all-time Billboard record, sitting at #1 on the ...

That’s ‘Old Town Road,’ Lil Nas X’s big hit, and it was tearing up the country charts until Billboard pulled it off for not being country enough.” “Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now.

“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 ...

Two current country hits by black musicians are challenging traditional notions of the genre. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" and Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" pulse with history and humor.

In claiming this 17-week throne, "Old Town Road" has beat out the other contenders who've held the previous record of 16 weeks — 1995's "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and 2017's ...

However, “Old Town Road” has the biggest lead of the three in its 14th week, holding a 1.9 to 1 edge over the current No. 2 single, Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy.” (The lead is even bigger ...

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" stuns. Literally. It wrenches the listener into a daze. Perhaps you'll wonder where you are, confused by its temperament: both familiar and strange to the ear. But "Old ...

As Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" prepares to break the record for most weeks at No. 1, calling it a "novelty song" or "one-hit wonder" only speaks to its charms.

In addition to the enduring popularity of “Old Town Road,” country trap artist Blanco Brown recently reached the top position on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with his song “The Git ...