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Lil Nas X on Beyoncé and Shaboozey's Country Music Inclusion: 'I Wasn't Able to Experience This'

Lil Nas X is looking back on the controversy that surrounded his most-talked-about track, 'Old Town Road.'

As Beyoncé sees success with her hit Cowboy Carter album, Lil Nas X is looking back on the controversy that surrounded his most-talked-about track,"Old Town Road." The decision resulted in an online backlash, with some saying that Lil Nas X's exclusion continued country music's troubled history of turning its back on Black artists. In a recent interview with BBC, Lil Nas X shared that he's happy to see the success of other Black artists on the country music chart, but lamented the removal of his own single years ago.

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