---
title: "‘Old Town Road’ Rapper Lil Nas X Surprises Billy Ray Cyrus With Maserati GranTurismo Convertible"
description: "But hold your horses, the manufacturer-issued Michigan license plates tell us a very different story."
date: "2019-05-24"
modified: "2019-05-24"
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  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/28190/old-town-road-rapper-lil-nas-x-surprises-billy-ray-cyrus-with-maserati-granturismo-convertible"
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  - "maserati"
---

# ‘Old Town Road’ Rapper Lil Nas X Surprises Billy Ray Cyrus With Maserati GranTurismo Convertible

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If you happened to turn on the radio or interacted with young people at all in the past little while, you've probably heard "Old Town Road," a weirdly addicting and slightly hilarious country/[rap](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/28154/drake-snags-north-americas-first-mercedes-maybach-g650-landaulet-to-match-his-private-jet>) track from somebody named Lil Nas X and featuring Miley Cyrus' father, Billy Ray Cyrus. Despite [a setback](<https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/old-town-road-pulled-from-country-songs-chart-1.9038032>) regarding its place on *Billboard*'s country charts, "Old Town Road" has apparently been dominating the airwaves (are airwaves still a thing?), [shattering records left and right](<https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8507162/old-town-road-lil-nas-x-billy-ray-cyrus-hot-100-number-one>).

To celebrate the song's success, Mr. Nas X has allegedly gifted his partner-in-crime, Billy Ray Cyrus, an actual "Maserati sports car"—[just like in the song](<https://genius.com/Lil-nas-x-old-town-road-remix-lyrics>). Specifically, the same red GranTurismo Convertible that shows up in the song's masterpiece of a music video, excuse me, "Official Movie."

https://youtube.com/embed/w2Ov5jzm3j8

In a completely spontaneous Instagram video that definitely wasn't staged or part of an embedded marketing ploy by delivery service Postmates and/or [Maserati](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/26876/2019-maserati-quattroporte-s-q4-granlusso-review-old-new-borrowed-and-blue>), the 20-year-old [rapper](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27234/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-is-now-a-soundcloud-rapper-drops-single-called-rip-harambe>) personally delivers the exotic Italian convertible to Billy Ray's Los Angeles front door, *Pimp My Ride* Xzibit-style. Also, for what it's worth, we spotted manufacturer-issued Michigan plates on the Maserati "gifted" to Cyrus, leading us to believe this is either a temporary ride until Cyrus "commissions" his own, or this is all a publicity stunt.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxvXSXEFtez

Because we know you're wondering, the Maserati GranTurismo Convertible has an MSRP of at least $150,980. Definitely an expensive ride to the average American, but to somebody of Billy Ray Cyrus' stature it's probably more of a "nice gesture." Although, this particular GranTurismo may very well be worth quite a bit more than its original list price thanks to its appearance in a video that has been, as of this writing, viewed 63 million times.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

### Author social links  
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