Post by StevePulaski on Nov 28, 2020 13:53:15 GMT -5
Let's get one thing straight from the jump: Lil Nas X's infectious and globally popular hit "Old Town Road" did not start the trend of "country rap." To say such a thing is to erase the voices and musical catalogs of Bubba Sparxxx, who embraced his country rap style following a brief stint in the mainstream limelight, Colt Ford, who is now a 12-year veteran of the genre, mainstay Cowboy Troy, and a handful of other artists. If Lil Nas X did anything, it's bring "country trap" into the mainstream, although you could argue (and I would) that Young Thug's debut album (or mixtape, depending on whatever the hell we're calling it four years later) Beautiful Thugger Girls truly pioneered the genre with songs like "Family Don't Matter."
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