Country music and hip-hop have long vacillated between looking to each other for inspiration and staring at each other warily. Here are 29 examples that run the gamut: Billboard chart-toppers and ...

Artist Austin Tolliver is a new addition to the lineup at Average Joes, a record label often crediting with helping establish country rap in Nashville. The music video for Austin Tolliver’s new single ...

From classic country rap tunes to Lil Nas X's viral sensation "Old Town Road," here is the evolution of country rap music. April 11, 2019 ...

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

If it seems like an unlikely pairing, think again: Country and rap have always had more in common than meets the eye. Both genres come from a tradition of being proud of where you come from, and both ...

Just south of Blackshear, Georgia, down a bumpy dirt road, the Moccasin Creek Off-Road Park spreads across 500 acres of wooded countryside. On a Thursday in late September, RVs, pickup trucks and ...

Over the last few weeks, “Old Town Road” — a strutting and lightheartedly comedic country-rap tune by the previously unknown 20-year-old rapper Lil Nas X — has lived an improbable number of lives. It ...

The 2026 iHeartCountry Festival in Austin showcased both traditional country acts and the growing country-rap crossover trend, with artists like Shaboozey sharing the bill alongside genre mainstays.

Finally, a Country-Rap Collab That Makes SenseOn “All the Way,” BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman stick to their strengths. What’s So Special About Country-Rap?How “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song ...

Country music’s fusion with rap and other genres is accelerating in 2026, driven by streaming, cross-genre collaborations, and a cultural reckoning with the genre’s Black roots. Artists such as Bailey ...

Streaming platforms for Country Rap: A Documentary haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug is making headlines after a memorable performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"—and now he's teasing a full country-rap project that's already generating major buzz. On April 23, ...