Only a rube would look at Billy Ray Cyrus's appearance on Lil Nas X's new remix of 'Old Town Road' as an act of pure altruism. But only a cynic could fail to be moved by it.
Lil Nas X, left, and Billy Ray Cyrus teamed for a remix of Lil Nas X's viral country-trap hit"Old Town Road."
But Lil Nas X, a 19-year-old rapper and singer from Atlanta, is black — and therefore, it appears, not officially country by Billboard’s outmoded standards. “When I got thrown off the charts,” he said, presumably referring to some age-old shake-up related to his own pop crossover, “Waylon Jennings said to me, ‘Take this a compliment.’” Being shunned by the country establishment, Cyrus suggested, “means you’re doing something great!”A day later, he was rhyming with Lil Nas X on the “Old Town Road” remix, which by Friday morning had reached No. 3 on YouTube’s Trending tally.
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