Tweet Breland Itâs possible youâve heard cynics saying things like this in hushed tones throughout 2020: Lil Nas X was just country musicâs rapping carpetbagger. Heâs an interloping one-hit wonder in a Nudie suit who certainly canât repeat the success of The double-diamond-selling Georgia MC did not follow up his smash hit with another honky-tonking revolution in 2020. But Black people who appreciate country music arenât a monolithic block. And Lil Nas X canât easily be written off as an aberration, a byproduct of the surprising growth of countryâs appeal among music streamers and TikTok scrollers.Â