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TikTok, the youth and a new way of consuming music

IT HAS been a little over two years since Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road featuring Billy Ray Cyrus went viral on TikTok, and what a time it has been since then.

The rapper/singer, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, rose to fame after was uploaded on the short form video-sharing app in 2019, quickly sparking a challenge in which creators drank “Yee Yee Juice” and changed into western outfits as the song dropped

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