Back in 2019 Billboard famously blocked rapper Lil Nas X's smash hit record, "Old Town Road," from the Country Music charts despite its obvious country and western elements [click here if you missed that].
Lil Nas reflects on Beyoncé and Shaboozey's country music success and wishes he had received the same welcome...
For singer and rapper Lil Nas X, five years after releasing Old Town Road, it's still his most talked-about track.
The 25-year-old's country-trap hit also remains the longest-running number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, after spending 19 weeks on top.
Despite the song's success in the pop realm, its exclusion from the US country music charts sparked fierce debate at the time of its 2019 release.
Fast forward to 2024 and there has been country chart success for two Black artists in recent months.
One is Beyoncé, whose track Texas Hold 'Em made history by spending 10 weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
She was dethroned by another Black artist, Shaboozey, with A Bar Song (Tipsy).
Lil Nas X tells the BBC he's "happy" for these two artists.
"But I wish this would have happened for me. I wasn't even able to experience this," he adds.
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