Consequence of Sound — The 22-city outing runs from July to September. more info

New York Times — The viral success of “Old Town Road” has turned the 20-year-old rapper into an overnight sensation and rebooted conversations about who is allowed to represent the rural experience. more info

Kings of A&R — Soundcloud Rappers are creating emo, pop acts are making hip-hop, and now rappers are making country. The Golden Age of genre blending has arrived. Lil Nas X country-trap hit ‘Old Country Road‘ climbing the Billboard Hot 100 will be the big story... more info

E! Online — Justin Bieber couldn't stop gushing over it. Miley Cyrus can't stop hyping it. We all can't stop singing it. Of course, we are taking about Lil Nas X's "Old Town... more info

New York Times — The viral, genre-defying single may have been deemed insufficiently country, but the controversy helped send it to the top. more info

Stereogum — Today, Lil Nas X, the Atlanta college dropout who made the mega-viral cowboy-rap novelty smash "Old Town Road," turns 20. And today, as we learned last night, is also the day that "Old Town Road" takes its rightful place atop the Billboard Hot 100. T... more info

Stereogum — Lil Nas X has climbed from the #15 spot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his debut viral hit "Old Town Road." The song was initially removed from Billboard's country charts, but was put back on following backlash. Last week, Billy Ray Cyrus ... more info

New York Times — “Old Town Road” is the latest flash point in the two-decades-long dialogue between Nashville and hip-hop. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Only a rube would look at this new remix of “Old Town Road” — in which Billy Ray Cyrus jumps on the controversial country-trap hit by Lil Nas X — as an act of pure altruism. But only a cynic could fail to be moved by the son... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Only a rube would look at this new remix of “Old Town Road” — in which Billy Ray Cyrus jumps on the controversial country-trap hit by Lil Nas X — as an act of pure altruism. But only a cynic could fail to be moved by the son... more info