| Real Name: | Montero Lamar Hill |
| Birthday: | April 9, 1999 |
| Net Worth: | $4 million |
| Height: | 187 cm |
| Occupation: | American singer,songwriter, and rapper |
Lil Nas X is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His story is a unique one. Lil Nas X got his fortune thanks to a song he bought for $30 and then released in the US. Now, Lil Nas X Net worth is more than $4 million. In 2019, he broke Drake’’s record for most US streams in one week.
Fun fact: his most famous song Old Town Road was part of the Yeehaw Challenge on TikTok.
From $30 to Millions
Here is the story of his most famous song. That is Old Town Road featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. The song shattered almost any record. In 2019, he broke the record for most consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was the first one to top the chart for 17 consecutive weeks.
The viral hit is a blend of hip-hop and country. Millions have streamed it. But the story behind the making of the song is the best part. The story begins in a small village outside Amsterdam.
The original creator of the song is YoungKio, an artist from the Netherlands. He saved enough money to buy a yearly premium membership on Beatstars. This is a digital music marketplace promoting the creator’s rights.
YoungKio began uploading some of his beats. He produced the beat for Old Town Road in June 2018. He was hesitant to upload it. At the time, he thought the song was too different. YoungKio made the song after listening to a Nine Inch Nails sample. He used the sample, played with it, and chopped it.
The beat was unique and different than was hot at the time. YoungKio thought the song will not do well. At the time, Lil Nas X was a little-known independent artist. He purchases the unique beat in November 2018 with limited distribution rights. Beatstars makes sure that producers never lose their writer shares.
In the contract he made with Lil Nas X, YoungKIo has 50% publishing rights for the song. After the viral hit, the two renegotiated the contract. But we do not know the details.
Career Ups and Downs
Lil Nas X is a new-aged rapper. And it might look like he skipped the up and coming part of his career. He moved straight to superstardom. But that didn’t happen overnight. Yes, the Old Town Road viral song helped him reach stardom.
Before that, he had a career as a mini viral sensation. Lil Nax X posted funny memes and videos to his social media account. Some of them would go viral. One day, he wanted to try music and see how his fanbase would react.
The first single he released was Nasarati. After releasing it, he said writing and performing is hard. He released a few other songs, but none got more than a few thousand listeners. In his words “around the fifth song the melodies and flows were coming to my head with no effort”.
And then in 2018, he released the country rap song Old Town Road. It went viral in early 2019 thanks to the Yeehaw Challenge on TikTok.
Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus supported Lil Nas X in a tweet. Then, the two collaborated for the remix of the song in April 2019.
In April 2019, he broke Drake’s record for most streams in one week. His song Old Town Road reached 143 million streams for the week ending April 11, 2019. The success of the song brought Lil Nas X net worth up to $4 million.
Personal Life
His real name is Montero Lamar Hill. Born on April 9, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia, Lil Nas X had several social media accounts before entering the world of music. His specialty was creating funny and engaging memes.
He came up with his stage name in a second. When he started rapping, he was not as serious. And because almost every rapper had Lil in his name, he went with Lil Nas. He added the X later on because he was more serious. The X stands for the number of years until he reaches the status “legendary”.
