A busy Old Town road which is facing a months-long closure has had a second, separate closure carried out by another company.

That’s ‘Old Town Road,’ Lil Nas X’s big hit, and it was tearing up the country charts until Billboard pulled it off for not being country enough.” “Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now.

Lil Nas X's left-field country-rap smash 'Old Town Road' is the biggest song of 2019. Billy Ray Cyrus was smart enough to hitch his wagon to it. So why hasn't Nashville done the same?

“Old Town Road” also became a smash on TikTok, where truckloads of young users (over 6 million in the United States) create short video clips set to music.

That’s ‘Old Town Road,’ Lil Nas X’s big hit, and it was tearing up the country charts until Billboard pulled it off for not being country enough.” “Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, now.

“Old Town Road” is only just fine, though. Let’s not get carried away. It’s fun to hear Lil Nas X sink into that low drawl, daydreaming about the life of a libertine cowboy, then leap back ...

"Old Town Road" tops an estimated 28,000 songs — and 1,086 No. 1 hits — to reach the Hot 100 since the chart began in 1958, Billboard reports. Can’t nobody tell Lil Nas X nothin’, indeed.

But "Old Town Road" isn't really disruptive in the way that we think it is, or want it to be. Genre, like gender, is an increasingly outdated construct. What's happening is nothing new.

The 20-year-old rapper and musician, Lil Nas X, first became famous from posting memes on Twitter. It wasn’t until December, 2018, however, that the musician premiered his song, “Old Town Road.” ...

The town of Wellesley says the road signs for its "Old Town Road" keep getting stolen, presumably by fans of the Lil Nas X hit single. They've apparently gone missing at least three times.

“Old Town Road” charted for 45 weeks in total. Commercially, the tune blew Cyrus’ previous smash, “Achy Breaky Heart,” out of the water. “Old Town Road” appeared on Lil Nas X’s EP 7 .