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What’s So Special About Country-Rap?


How “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became the longest-running No. 1s in history.

When it was time to release a debut album, Shaboozey put off a planned country full-length in favor of Lady Wrangler, a more mainstream project with only fleeting moments of southern style. At any given point this year, there were over a half-dozen young female pop stars or emotional male singer-songwriters competing for our attention — and thus frequently replacing each other at the top of the charts. Their record stood for decades, until an unlikely song matched it: “Despacito,” a linkup between Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, reggaeton king Daddy Yankee, and pop prince Justin Bieber.

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