Lil Nas X teams up with Billy Ray Cyrus for remix of song deemed 'not country'

Removal of original version of Old Town Road from Billboard country chart has exposed racial fractures within the genre

Lil Nas X, the musician whose track was pulled from the Billboard country chart for not being “country enough”, rides again. The strange story of the 19-year-old’s hit, Old Town Road, a song that traversed the line between country and trap, has taken another twist that further exposes the fractures of race in the country music scene.

Yesterday, Lil Nas X was joined on a remix of the song by Billy Ray Cyrus, the 90s country music legend, who added his vocals and guitar. Could this new iteration be deemed country enough?