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Lil Nas X is a meme star, sure, but his debut EP reveals a star, period

Six months after he posted the song on the internet, three months after Billboard said it wasn't a country song and two months after it went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 - where it's stayed put ever since, fending off would-be chart-toppers from superstars like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran - Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" has finally been embraced by the Nashville establishment.

At this month's annual CMA Fest, the 20-year-old rapper and singer from Atlanta performed his viral smash with help from Keith Urban, the

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