Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road.

I'm gonna ride till I can't know more.

Add Grammy nominated to the list of accolades for Old Town Road and Lil Nas X.

By now, this song has been everywhere for what seems like forever, but there was a time

back in April of this year that this song needed to be explained because it is not just

a song.

It is the story of this country in under three minutes.

It is without a doubt the song of the year, so we thought we'd revisit the episode

we made about it, the day it hit the top of the charts.

So Old Town Road is in the center of an interesting conversation now about who and what gets to

count as country music.

Allegra Frank is a culture editor for Vox.

But as country continues to absorb other genres like there's country rap, a lot of country

music artists are collaborating with pop stars, the traditionalists, the purists who

think of country as the Old Town Road.

Literally, they start to question who gets to be in it.

Allegra, before we really get into the song, who is this guy?

Who is Lil Nas X?

He is a actually 20 year old rapper.

It's his birthday today.

Today?

Yeah, today April 9th.

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