Music Video: Old Town Road CSP
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road CSP Background and cultural contexts Read this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions: 1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? A number of factors have contributed to Lil Nas X’s popularity, particularly the debate over whether Old Town Road should be classified as country music. Earlier this year, Billboard removed “Old Town Road” from its country chart, which boosted the rapper’s profile to a wider audience while fueling a debate about what defines country music and who gets to decide. 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? We learn that Lil Nas X “was living at home feeling very lonely, feeling like a lonely cowboy, and he decided to pair that feeling with this sort of twangy beat that he bought. So “Old Town Road” s...
