Lil Nas X

Award-winning Atlanta rapper, singer, songwriter, and queer icon Lil Nas X defies social and musical conventions with his genre-blurring takes on hip-hop, which have challenged industry norms and propelled him to number one across the globe.

At 19, Lil Nas X decided to drop out of college in the summer of 2018 after just a year at a Georgia university. He crashed at his sister's house while he pursued a music career and posted some songs on SoundCloud that got little traction.
He became an international phenomenon when he moseyed onto the scene in 2019 with a surprise breakthrough that merged country and hip-hop, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning "Old Town Road." Breaking multiple records along the way with a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, the song rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the song became the longest-running chart-topper in U.S history to date. Buoyed by the success of "Old Town Road," he earned six Grammy nominations and produced a pair of additional multi-platinum hits with "Panini" and "Rodeo" from his 2019 EP 7.

Lil Nas X returned in 2021 with the culture-shifting "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)," which found him fully embracing his status as a queer icon and boundary-pushing artist. Within a month of release, the bold anthem topped the charts in at least 20 countries and was certified multi-platinum in Australia and the U.S. He soon followed with another conversation-starter, "Industry Baby," which featured rapper Jack Harlowand production by Kanye West and Take a Daytrip. Like "Montero" before it, "Industry Baby" was promoted with a music video that soon went viral.