Country music is fusing with hip-hop more than ever before following the release of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” Shaboozey is a big name name in this fusion. Still, Shaboozey feels that he’s very different from Lil Nas X.
Interestingly, Shaboozey said he identifies heavily with “the rebels, the outlaws, [and] the outliers.” Shaboozey wasn’t sure Lil Nas X was dedicated to county after ‘Old Town Road’ Lil Nas X made his debut with an unassuming country-trap song called “Old Town Road,” which turned the industry upside down and became one of the biggest surprise hits of all time. Since then, he has performed other country songs and branched out into red-meat hip-hop and pop.
Shaboozey, on the other hand, made country music for years, even appearing on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter , before breaking through with “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” During a 2014 interview with Harper’s Bazaar , Shabozey said he was aware “Old Town Road” changed the music industry , but he wasn’t sure if Lil Nas X was all that interested in being a country musician. “At the end of the day, it’s one of the biggest songs of all time,” he said.
Shaboozey revealed his own ambitions for his time in country music. “I want to continue to be in this world, and evolve here,” Shaboozey said. “I want to make music like this for the next couple of projects, and tell stories from this point of view.
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