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Lil Nas X - Biography
Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9th, 1999), better known by his stage name Lil Nas X, is a hip-hop artist from Atlanta. He dropped out of his freshman year in college in 2018 to pursue music full time. Regarding this, he said:
Everybody thought I was crazy, I knew what I was doing. Thank you everyone, this just the mf beginning!
On July 24th, 2018, he released his debut mixtape titled NASARATI.
On December 2nd, 2018, he released the hit “Old Town Road” which blew up through TikTok memes. It finally entered the Billboard Hot 100 in early March 2019. Old Town Road reached #1 on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music as well as becoming the first song to simultaneously chart on the Billboard country and hip-hop/R&B charts before it was disqualified from the country charts. This caused lots of controversies. The track was eventually remixed featuring country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
On April 3rd, 2019, it was revealed on Michael McCrudden’s popular YouTube show, “Before They Were Famous,” how Lil Nas X got his rap name. He said:
It was originally Lil Nas just to be ironic ‘cause every new rapper’s name has 'lil.’ Kinda got stuck with ‘lil’ after building a small fanbase.
Added the ‘X’ later on standing for the amount of years until I feel like I will be considered a legend.
On May 13, 2019, Billboard confirmed Lil Nas X signed with CAA for worldwide representation.
On June 21, 2019, Lil Nas released his debut EP, 7.
Everybody thought I was crazy, I knew what I was doing. Thank you everyone, this just the mf beginning!
On July 24th, 2018, he released his debut mixtape titled NASARATI.
On December 2nd, 2018, he released the hit “Old Town Road” which blew up through TikTok memes. It finally entered the Billboard Hot 100 in early March 2019. Old Town Road reached #1 on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music as well as becoming the first song to simultaneously chart on the Billboard country and hip-hop/R&B charts before it was disqualified from the country charts. This caused lots of controversies. The track was eventually remixed featuring country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
On April 3rd, 2019, it was revealed on Michael McCrudden’s popular YouTube show, “Before They Were Famous,” how Lil Nas X got his rap name. He said:
It was originally Lil Nas just to be ironic ‘cause every new rapper’s name has 'lil.’ Kinda got stuck with ‘lil’ after building a small fanbase.
Added the ‘X’ later on standing for the amount of years until I feel like I will be considered a legend.
On May 13, 2019, Billboard confirmed Lil Nas X signed with CAA for worldwide representation.
On June 21, 2019, Lil Nas released his debut EP, 7.
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