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98 Time November 25, 2019


SHINING


BRIGHT


LIL NAS X | 20


By Billy Ray Cyrus


I’ll never forget the morning.


I was having coffee and Ron


Perry from Columbia Records


sent me “Old Town Road.” He


said Lil Nas X wanted me to


sing on it. But I told Columbia


it was perfect. I couldn’t do


anything to it. They asked if


I’d give it a shot and come into


the studio with Nas to record


a third verse. We wrote it with


R&B songwriter Jozzy, and it


was born right there in the


studio. It was magical. I told


Nas he was going to be a light


in this world and he would


shine brighter than anyone


else. And he has. He’s brought


everyone together, from all


musical genres and generations.


“Old Town Road” changed my


world—and his—forever.


Cyrus is a country-music singer


and songwriter


FAST FACTS


BEST KNOWN FOR


SINGING “OLD TOWN


ROAD,” WHICH MADE


BILLBOARD HOT 100


HISTORY WITH ITS


19-WEEK REIGN AT


THE TOP OF THE


CHART


CHOICE QUOTE


“LIVE YOUR LIFE


TO ITS FULLEST


POTENTIAL.”


—TO BRITISH GQ I N


AUGUST 2019

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