LIL NAS X’s “Old Town Road” is officially the longest-running Billboard #1 in Hot 100 history.  It has topped the chart for 17 weeks, surpassing the previous record of 16 weeks shared by “Despacito” and “One Sweet Day”.

But “Old Town Road” would’ve never happened . . . if Lil Nas X’s sister wasn’t kicking him out of her place.  In an emotional post on social media, he explained the origin of the song.

He said, quote, “Last year in October, as a struggling artist starting to lose faith in what I could be, I went looking for beats on YouTube.  I remember clicking on so many generic sounding beats trying to find the right one for me.

“Suddenly, I came across a country-trap-sounding masterpiece . . . I immediately knew I’d make something special out of it!

“My sister told me I had little time left before I had to leave her house after being there for months promoting my music online, and not helping her out much.  I was so upset!  I used it as motivation for the song!

“I jokingly-slash-seriously saw myself as a loner cowboy needing to run away from it all!  I went out on my sister’s back porch and listened to the beat OVER and OVER and OVER!!  Then it came to me!

“In my best singing voice, I sung ‘YEAHHH IM GONNA TAKE MY HORSE TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD.  I’M GONNA RIDEEEE TIL I CANT NO MORE.’  I LOVED IT ALREADY!

“I started to work on it EVERY SINGLE DAY.  It needed to be funny, it needed to be catchy, it needed to be hip-hop, it needed to be country, and it needed to be short!

“By the time I was finished setting it up, I was out of my sister’s crib and at my brother’s place.  On December 2nd, I went into the studio and recorded [it], and put it out the exact same day!

“Did I know it would become the longest running #1 song of all time?  NO!  But I’m so thankful that this blessing has been placed upon me.  This song has changed my life and the way I see the world around me in less than a year.

“Thank you to every single person who has been a part of this journey.  As I said before, it’s just the beginning!”