Lil Nas X continues to dominate 2019.
His mega-hit “Old Town Road (Remix)”, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Tuesday night, becoming the fastest song in history to reach that status.
Diamond certification is dished out to albums or singles that sell a minimum of 10,000,000 units. This puts Lil Nas X in a select group of only 14 rappers to achieve the feat, including Hip Hop heavyweights like Tupac, Eminem and Outkast.
The certification makes Lil Nas X the second rapper to go diamond in 2019, after Drake received the honor for “God’s Plan” in September. This solidifies the absolute tear Nas X has been on since the release of the breakout single in December 2018.
Setting a new record for the longest-running No. 1 single on the Hot 100, gracing the cover of Time Magazine and scooping up an MTV VMA award are some of the career milestones the country crossover rapper now has under his belt.
Nas X also released the 7 EP earlier this year, which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. In an interview with Angie Martinez on Power 105, he confirmed that his debut album is in the works.
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official lol diamond these days means like 100K aint no 10 million people went out & bought a physical cd lmao prob 100 people did haha foh with this clown ish never even heard fruity pebbles song, theyll have a new one next year sayeth ice cube
Back in the days when hip hop/rap music was actually good not many white people listen to it nor was it as popular. That explain why it’s gotten diamond. Shit doesn’t mean it’s a good song. Just popular because streaming shit for free still gets it in the charts. Congrats on him getting his bag but the song is garbage to the ears.
Even then, white people where the largest consumers of rap/hip hop, & always have been cuz that’s where the money was (mainly in suburbs). That may surprise many, as it did ppl like NWA (they didn’t even market to whites, but had majority of sales from that demographic). I get your point tho, that since rap & hip hop have become mainstream (replacing “pop” music, sadly) it has become watered down & agents go look for artists that can be marketed (that’s how backstreet boys, etc were found). They do research to see what sells, then they find an artist or group to push to that demographic. They will have someone else write the songs & do everything, but the “artist” needs to sell it. Look at “Cash me Outside’ girl making millions. One problem is the people looking for these artist were usually white & thought if they found white artists, that would feel better to whites. That’s proven false & took opportunities away from the blacks who invented the genre. Once the internet came, then cell phones which allowed everyone to do their own research, or on other side publishing etc, that was the great equalizer (though blacks were starting further back because of their representation in the music industry up to that point, admittedly). By then, tho, the worst sin had already been committed (dilution of the genre, and doing the least to make the most), so that’s where the music continued to go. It’s hard to find artists who write their own music & get as famous as the ones who just let professional managers run their careers. Many new talent sees that & thinks it’s not worth that extra effort if it never pays off for most. The artists I love like Esham & K-Rino will never get the bag that Lil Nas X or the auto tune garbage or mumble rap do, because those are from people being managed by pros in an environment that has trained listeners not to care about lyrics, and their behind the scene “influence” on radio & advertisers in general make it near impossible for anyone who doesn’t fall in line & obey the elites who guard the way. Social media changed the game again for a hot minute, but then those with the most money realized not only could they pay off the “influencers”, but they could buy research & use bots to influence the new generation who value what popular people say & think. Now, they can buy followers, fake accts in the hundreds of thousands to vote or like things to influence the influencers, so they have already been able to game the system & end that major opportunity which could have allowed real music to get noticed again, sadly.
Also, I hate how everything gets lumped in w “hip hop”. I listen to rap, not hip hop. Back in the days you mention, like early 90’s, hip hop/r&b was how hip hop was labeled. That’s a generic label & should be ignored IMHO. Rap was it’s own genre then, but this combination with hip hop was another way the music from back then has been watered down (most likely intentionally).
And only 14000 have gone gay—fuck outta here with this BS Cuh
Why y’all so angry on these damn comments show a young brother love : /…
I hate streaming number. Did he sell albums or singles ? 10 mill
One hit wonder nobody actually bought 10 million records of this crap. Corporation music push by the radio that’s why record sales are way down. Play good music again!
The song is a gimmick, or a parody at best. Simple non-hip hop song. Dude gettin paid definitely so props to him but the song is wack as fk and it goes to show where hip hop culture as a whole has gone when this get recognized b4 other waaay more talented actual artists
Good for him but it’s way too short to be considered a song. It’s like 2 mins of a chorus. I don’t see why people would buy that, but ok…