News : Lil Nas X Suffers Health Scare As He Loses Control Of One Side Of His Face

Lil Nas X is recovering after suffering a health scare that resulted in losing control of half of his face.

Taking to Instagram on Monday night (April 14), the “Old Town Road” rapper shared a video from his hospital bed, showing that the entire side of his face was not responding.

He was taking it in stride as he attempted to laugh through it, but at one point in the clip even noted, “I can’t even laugh right, bro!”

Thankfully he was back home by the next day and though there are still some issues, his face appears to be responding far better.

Lil Nas X gave country music a new identity with his breakthrough hit “Old Town Road” back in 2019, but he still wishes that stakeholders of the genre gave him his props.

In light of Beyoncé‘s recent success with Cowboy Carter, the rapper and singer reflected on his song not being included on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart due to, according to those in charge, the fact that it did not “embrace enough elements of today’s country music.”

Though he is “happy” for Bey having received the recognition he didn’t, the Georgia native admitted in a 2024 interview with BBC: “I wish this would have happened for me. I wasn’t even able to experience this.”

Nas X intentionally debuted “Old Town Road” as a country song, listing it as such on his SoundCloud and iTunes.

According to Rolling Stone, after being signed to Columbia Records, the label decided against submitting the single for consideration on streaming country playlists, claiming Lil Nas X would never be accepted by Hip Hop fans with country accolades under his belt.

Meanwhile the Destiny’s Child alum topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart last April thanks to her latest project, making her the first Black woman to ever do so.