Lil Nas X

ABOUT LIL NAS X

Viral rapper with a big hit called " Old Town Road ," which became the subject of memes and a viral social media challenge on TikTok, including the "Yeeshaw Challenge." In 2019, he released a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus that generated him further fame. His videos have earned over 600 million views on TikTok.

He released a first project called Nasarati in 2018.

His country-trap hit single "Old Town Road" interpolates the Nine Inch Nails 2008 song "34 Ghosts IV." The original music video for the song featured video game footage from Red Dead Redemption.

He is from the Atlanta, Georgia area. His real name is Montero Lamar Hill. He came out publicly as gay in 2019.

"Old Town Road" has a co-sign from Florida Georgia Line 's Brian Kelley .