{"id":88264,"date":"2019-08-13T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=88264"},"modified":"2019-08-13T17:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:16:18","slug":"lil-nas-x-from-buying-a-beat-for-30-dollars-to-being-a-millionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/lil-nas-x-from-buying-a-beat-for-30-dollars-to-being-a-millionaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X: from buying a beat for 30 dollars to being a millionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve heard his song “Old Town Road” everywhere. But it is not just one more hit. This track opened the debate on whether a black rapper can create a country hit or not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lil<\/p>\n

It sounds like the future of country music, but the song has caused divisions in the industry.<\/h2>\n

Another question is who the heck is Lil Nas X<\/strong> (@lilnasx<\/strong><\/a>)? He’s a 20-year-old college dropout who lived on his sister’s couch in Atlanta<\/strong>. He used to promote his music on Twitter but he hardly had any interactions. One day he found a beat on YouTube, for which he paid 30 dollars, and imagined himself as a cowboy running away from everything. “Old Town Road” represents the path to success that, paradoxically, has served him as a path to his own success<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Lil<\/p>\n

Lil Nas X has publicly acknowledged that when he made the song he knew it would take him to another level but he didn’t imagine it was going to be national or even worldwide. In the beginning, and as a good underground rapper, he uploaded the song to Soundcloud<\/strong>. It stayed there, almost forgotten for months and months, until it became viral on the TikTok video platform<\/strong>. And if you don’t know what TikTok is, it’s probably because you’re over 15. After TikTok, it became a kind of challenge<\/strong> that consisted in dancing the song first with outdoor clothes and then dressed as a cowboy.<\/p>\n