Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” is the most talked about song in America.
Released just this month, the blue-collar tune is already approaching 40 million views on YouTube and landed on top of Billboard’s Hot 100 on Tuesday, making Anthony the first musician ever to hit No. 1 with no previous chart history. It was even the subject of the first question at the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday.Though a clear hit with listeners, the song has come under attack in some quarters for its economic populism.
Edward Snowden, the famous whistleblower who blew the lid on the National Security Agency’s unlawful surveillance program, recently hinted that there’s a good chance the FBI has already opened a file on Anthony. — Edward Snowden August 14, 2023 Snowden is not mistaken about John Denver. The FBI actually did open a file on the beloved folk singer, apparently after Denver attended a “Dump the War Rally” in Minnesota in 1971.
Ali and King apparently came under scrutiny because of their civil rights activities, while Lennon and Capote appear to have been targeted for opposing U.S. military adventurism abroad, though Capote admitted private comments he made about J. Edgar Hoover’s sexuality may have also played a role. “Do you suppose you could ask Edgar’s boys to stop stepping on my heels?” The Grapes of Wrath author wrote to Attorney General Francis Biddle in 1942. “They think I am an enemy alien. It is getting tiresome.”
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