--- title: Lil Nas X Performs Old Town Road for Talent Show Kids description: Lil Nas X surprised an Ohio elementary school with a performance of his hit song "Old Town Road," after seeing students singing it earlier. canonical: https://time.com/5598290/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-school-performance/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-30T17:31:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:04.481Z og:title: Lil Nas X Started an Old Town Road Singalong at a School og:description: He had seen the students perform the song at their talent show og:url: https://time.com/5598290/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-school-performance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52111f154d9ad7e9/69894a938fd2ee80c235e572/lil-nas-x-school-singalong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2019 Boston Calling Music Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lil Nas X Started an Old Town Road Singalong at a School twitter:description: He had seen the students perform the song at their talent show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52111f154d9ad7e9/69894a938fd2ee80c235e572/lil-nas-x-school-singalong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lil Nas X Performed 'Old Town Road' at a School and Got All the Cutest Kids Singing Along > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Boston Calling) BOSTON, MA - MAY 25: Lil Nas X performs onstage during Day 2 of 2019 Boston Calling Music Festival on May 25, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Boston Calling) Taylor Hill—Getty Images for Boston Calling  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 30, 2019 5:31 PM UTC [Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”](http://time.com/5561466/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-billboard/) may have just marked its eighth week on the Billboard Top 100 in its bid for [the song of the year](http://time.com/5588206/songs-of-the-half-year-2019/), but that doesn’t mean that the 20-year-old artist and [yeehaw ambassador](https://www.gq.com/story/old-town-road-yeehaw-agenda) doesn’t still have time for his young fans. Nas X showed up to Lander Elementary School in Mayfield Heights, Ohio to surprise students with a performance of his hit song after seeing a clip of them performing it as the finale of their talent show. After seeing the video on the Twitter account of the school’s principal, Felecia Evans, Nas X reached out via Twitter to promise the students of Lander Elementary a free show. Now, nearly a week later, it appears that Lil Nas X is a man of his word. In an Instagram video of the performance that he posted to his personal account on Wednesday, Nas X can be seen in full cowboy regalia including a cowboy hat, boots and a Canadian tuxedo, arriving in the gymnasium of Lander Elementary much to the delight of the students, before breaking into a rendition of “Old Town Road” that swiftly became a singalong. “SAW THESE KIDS TURNIN UP TO OLD TOWN ROAD 5 DAYS AGO AND HAD TO COME THRU AND PERFORM ONE TIME. LOVE THESE MOMENTS,” he wrote on Instagram. 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