Lil Nas Xhas a message forMariah Carey!
On Friday, the “Old Town Road” crooner, 20, revealed on Twitter thathe wants to collaboratewith the legendary singer, 49, on a remix of the beloved song.
“Ok Mariah Carey lets get this remix in,” Lil Nas X wrote.
Seemingly hinting that she’d be down to collaborate, Carey, 49, went on to post a photograph of herself wearing a cowboy hat. “One Sweet Town Road!” she captioned the post.
The message comes as Lil Nas X andBilly Ray Cyrusjust hit 14 weeks on top of theBillboard Hot 100 chartwith their remix.
Cyrus, 57, hopped on the track after the viral hit was removed from Billboard’s Hot Country chart because it apparently didn’t “embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.”
The collaboration seemed destined to happen. Back in December, Lil Nas X shared a video of himself listening to “Old Town Road” and wrote, “twitter please help me get billy ray cyrus on this.”
And after the controversy with Billboard, Cyrus tweeted at the rapper, “Been watching everything going on with OTR. When I got thrown off the charts, Waylon Jennings said to me ‘Take this as a compliment’ means you’re doing something great! Only Outlaws are outlawed. Welcome to the club!”
The unlikely duoperformed the hitfor the first time together atDiplo‘s late-night set at the country music festival Stagecoach in Indio, California in April.
The Atlanta musician recently signed to Columbia Records. His EP,7, followed his self-released projectNASARATIfrom 2018.
It featuresCardi B, Ryan Tedder and, of course, the Cyrus remix of “Old Town Road.”
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Aside from his rising musical career, Lil Nas X recently made headlines forcoming out as gay.
“Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not [going to f— with me] no more. But before this month ends I want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he wrote, adding a sea of emoji including a rainbow.
He later shared a photo of his EP’s album artwork, zooming in on a rainbow projected on a building.
“Deadass thought I made it obvious,” he said.
Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus.Broadimage/Shutterstock
“True say, I want and I need to let go, use my time to be free,” he also sings.
Lil Nas Xtalked about his sexualityon camera for the first time toBBC America, revealing that he considered taking his sexual orientation “to the grave” and never publicly addressing it, but that ultimately, he didn’t “want to live my entire life … not doing what I want to do.”
Lil Nas X.Taylor Hill/Getty
“I’m also, I feel like, opening the doors for more people,” he told the BBC, adding that he hopes his decision will help others “feel more comfortable” coming out.
But the Atlanta musician admitted that his sexuality is “not really accepted in either the country [or] hip-hop communities.” And when asked if he’s expecting backlash, Lil Nas X was quick to respond: “Oh, I’m already getting it. I used to be that person being negative. I’m not angry or anything [about it], because I understand how they just want that reaction.”
source: people.com
