As grateful as he is for Beyonc s triumphant foray into country music, Lil Nas X says he wishes he couldve experienced some of that record-smashing success firsthand.

In a BBC interview published this week, the rapper and singer was asked about Beyoncs Texas Hold Em, which became the first song performed by a Black female artist to hit No. 1 on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart back in February.

After 10 weeks at the top, Texas Hold Em, which appears on Beyoncs Cowboy Carter album, was dethroned on the Billboard chart by another Black artist Shaboozeys A Bar Song (Tipsy).

Though Lil Nas X told the BBC he was happy for both Beyonc and Shaboozey, he added, But I wish this would have happened for me. I wasnt even able to experience this.

The two-time Grammy winner was likely alluding to the discourse that ensued following the success of his song, Old Town Road, which was released in December 2018 but became a hit the following year.

Despite the songs allusions to country and cowboy imagery, as well as a high-profile remix featuring country legend Billy Ray Cyrus, Billboard disqualified it from the Hot Country Songs chart, telling Rolling Stone in 2019 that it does not embrace enough elements of todays country music to chart in its current version.