Lil Nas X Wishes Beyoncé, Shaboozey's Country Hit 'Would Have Happened' For Him

Lil Nas X he thinks he deserved some of it Cowboy Carter treatment when he left “Old Town Road”. In a new interview with BBCNas said he was “happy” that artists like Beyoncé and Shaboozey are being celebrated for their country fusion forays, but he wishes his music was celebrated in the country space the same way.

“I wish this had happened for me,” he told the agency. “I couldn't even live with that.”

In the past two months, Beyoncé's “Texas Hold 'Em” and Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” made history atop Hot Country Songs, the same chart that knocked Lil Nas' “Old Town Road”. in 2019, because it “didn't embrace enough elements of today's country music to be written in its current form,” according to Advertising sign.

The song's removal from the chart had people wondering if Nas' race played a role in the decision. Lil Nas even released a remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, furthering the song's popularity, though it was too late to help it climb the country charts. “I think it was number 19 at the time,” Cyrus said Rolling rock at that time. “I thought maybe I could help him roll the nine.” (Rolling rock took a deep dive into the controversial decision at the time.)

By Beyoncé Cowboy Carter It made history as the first album by a black woman to top the Country Albums chart. The album's lead single “Texas Hold 'Em” made her the first black artist to ever top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Now, one of her collaborators on the album, Nigerian-American musician Shaboozey, has picked up the torch for another history-making achievement, reaching No.1 on the chart.

In the BBC interview, Nas was asked if he would reconsider returning to country sonic in the future. He said he was “trying out some country [sounds] here and there for the last couple of years,” but ultimately, “I want to feel connected to it and not force it.”

Lil Nas X has been leaning into more rap and hip-hop sounds in his recent releases. In addition to collaborations with Kevin Abstract and Camila Cabello, the musician has dropped four singles on SoundCloud: “Light Again,” “Right There,” “Lean on my Body,” and “Trust Me.” The songs are apparently part of an upcoming mixtape, titled Nasarti 2.