Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton and more Black country artists have spoken out against the racism they’ve experience in the genre over the years
Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton and more Black country artists have been candid about the racism they have faced in the genre.
'Gotta go to bed this has been hilarious tonight,” he wrote in a subsequent tweet. “If any hater thinks I care what u think. I don't make music for u. So don't listen.'Mickey Guyton “This nomination is a testament to never give up and live your truth,” the singer said after earning her Grammy nomination. “I can’t think of a better song to make history with than ‘Black Like Me’ and I hope that I can continue to help open doors for other women and people who look like me.”Martell was the first Black female artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and one of the first commercially successful Black country artists.
While Michelle understood the need to protect the genre, she doesn’t appreciate that some artists gatekeeping it from others. “But there is this one thing, this thing where, you know, politically you might be different or racially, you’re different,” she confessed. “And so it was for me, trying really hard to be myself but also fit in. And try to figure out how to do those two things simultaneously.”Pride, who died in 2020, was a trailblazer in the music industry and one of the best-selling performers for RCA Records.
The Americana artist confessed that she gets tired of “carrying the ancestral weight” in a genre that Black people helped create.
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