Perhaps more than any other figure, the producer and executive Shannon Houchins has had the most significant impact on the development of country-rap. And country-rap is having a mainstream moment now thanks to the Atlanta rapper Lil Nas X, whose unlikely hit “Old Town Road” rapidly ascended to No. In an interview on Popcast, the weekly pop music podcast of The New York Times, Houchins discussed the history of country-rap dating back to the 1990s and how Lil Nas X fits into its lineage. We said, you know what, let’s make what we know. But still at the same time, we’re not thinking like this is a country-rap thing.

Source: New York Times April 17, 2019 07:52 UTC