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| Rage meter up when Lil Nas X rode in his Wranglers. The far-white upset over Wrangler endorsing rising hip-hop star's crossover hit with country legend Billy Ray Cyrus. |
The rapper who made the hit single Old Town Road is now getting mad props from the country music community. His single has became a breakout crossover and he's been amped up ever since.
— nope (@LilNasX) May 17, 2019
50,000,000+ VIEWS! THANK U! 🖤🤠 pic.twitter.com/oXcNAdIckQ— nope (@LilNasX) May 23, 2019
y’all really boycotting wrangler?? is it that deep 🧐— nope (@LilNasX) May 21, 2019
Wrangler had partnered with Lil Nas X for a clothing line and some country music fans are outraged over it.
Several even commented on the brand's Instagram page to share their displeasure, saying that they'd be boycotting Wrangler over the partnership--- a reaction that many on social media are calling racist.
Meanwhile, it wouldn’t be the first time that Lil Nas X has been seemingly excluded from the country music community.
In March 2019, his viral hit "Old Town Road" caused a stir when the rap/country crossover, which debuted at debuted at No. 19 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart, was struck from the charts, because it supposedly wasn't “country enough.”
Critics suggested that the rapper, who is black, was singled out because of his race and pointed out that crossover songs are routinely included on country charts.
Billboard fired back, stating that its decision to take the song off of the country chart "had absolutely nothing to do with the race of the artist.”
The song has spawned dance videos and received a shout-out on social media from Justin Bieber. Texas Tech's basketball team posted a video of the team dancing to the song in the locker room and country singer Jake Owen tweeted at the rapper, saying he wanted to jam with him.
Lil Nas X is now working on his single Titanic.
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