Lil Nas X

Montero Lamar Hill born April 9 1999 known by his stage name Lil Nas X is an American rapper singer and songwriter He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single Old Town Road which first achieved viral popularity in early 2019 before climbing music charts internationally and becoming diamond certified by November of that same year moving over ten million certified units in streaming and sales combined Lil Nas X was the mostnominated male artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards where he ultimately won awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop DuoGroup Performance Old Town Road earned him two MTV Video Music Awards including Song of the Year and the American Music Award for Favorite RapHip Hop Song Lil Nas X is also the first openly LGBT Black artist to win a Country Music Association award Time named him as one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet in 2019 and he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2020 On April 26 2022 he announced his first concert tour the Long Live Montero Tour The tour was in support of Montero and began in September 2022 and ran through January 2023