In a way, they were his first 'horses in the back.' As Lil Nas X explained to Genius: 'It's basically, 'I got this. Go figure. He also ran 'FactsAboutNM' (NM meaning Nicki Minaj), and 'ViewsFromNas,' which combined to help the young man find his voice. The account's now suspended, but focused mostly on hypothetical 'scenario threads' about surviving school shootings. One was 'NasMaraj,' a portmanteau of his favorite rappers - Nasir 'Nas' Jones and Onika Tanya Maraj (a.k.a. Until then, the life Lil Nas X was so desperate to leave was focused more on lauding other celebrities than manifesting his own, according to The Oprah Magazine. At the time, he ran multiple Twitter accounts. It was me saying, 'I want to leave everything behind.'' She was pretty much fed up with me being there. ''Old Town Road' came after a period of feeling like I was out of options,' he told Time.
According to Time, Hill wrote the song while staying at his sister's house after dropping out of college, a move that his parents weren't too pumped about, as you might expect.
Yet the apparent simplicity of the lyrics belies a deeper meaning.
