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When Brundidge heard her son singing, she began to cry.

“My tears were meeting under my chin, and they were dropping down on his head. He couldn't look at me and say mommy my head is wet. He just started patting his head because I was crying so hard,\" she said.

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Sheletta Brundidge
PHOTO: Four-year-old Daniel Brundidge wearing cowboy gear inspired by Lil Nas X.
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Brundidge took a video of her son singing that has been viewed 1.4 million times on Twitter, including by Lil Nas X himself who tweeted the video with the caption, “what a king.”

what a king https://t.co/EWZLUliV3n

— nope (@LilNasX) June 5, 2019

“It's given hope to other parents with children who have special needs,” said Brundidge. “It's getting people who do music therapy for a living to speak out about the importance of their job to reach children who have autism.”

People on the autism spectrum often show an elevated response to music, making it a therapeutic tool, according to the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Studies have shown that music can stimulate cognitive functioning, according to the AMTA, and may be used to restore or gain speech and language skills.

Every time I lock eyes with my baby, we start singing #oldtownroad together. Cause of his #autism, he ain't strung together four words since he was born. But when we sing #OldTownRoad, he got all @LilNasX parts DOWN and I'm rocking @billyraycyrus! Can't nobody tell us nothing... pic.twitter.com/j7w6qrLW63

— Sheletta Brundidge (@TwoHauteMamas1) June 5, 2019

Brundidge, who hosts the Two Haute Mammas podcast on WCCO Radio, thanked Lil Nas X on her show for giving her son \"his voice\" and using his light to be a blessing to her family.

\"I want to thank you for sharing your story and just letting everybody see,\" Lil Nas X told Brundidge on her podcast. \"Everybody's destiny is intertwined. People seeing this happen with your son is going to rub off on them and just let everyone have the feeling that there is always hope.\"

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