Country music is racist af!!

[@ForHarriet619]

Ooops! Almost forgot to put a link to the Patreon! Thanks for your support. Patreon.com/ForHarriet

[@kiasmn]

Can you go a video about feeling unsafe as a black person (especially female) and how mental illness from racism isn't taken seriously? When I see racist imagery or words online, it "triggers" my anxiety and deeply makes me sad. Everyone just brushes it off like it's nothing. "Haha, get over it..." when we could have experienced trauma from discrimination.

[@MsAwesomeSaucey]

For Harriet hi, what lip gloss do you use? It looks really nice on you!

@Anonymous User you should take a road trip to hell. you might like it there.

[@Slm99]

It's no a white genre it's overrepresented by white people.

[@lonniedobbins1195]

Black People created Country Music As It Is Played And Song Today. Learned form celebrations of black people and Hymns Sang In Churches! *Take Note Of How The Blues And Soul Music Sounds Country!* *CHI-LITES "HOMELY GIRL"* Ray Charles!

[@toogood2btrubk]

Billboard didnt even place Beyonce's daddys lessons there racist AF. Cyrus actually reached out to nas x when he found out what happend.

[@princesspenthewriter8120]

Racist country singer John Rich said in an interview that he feels if African Americans wanna truly do country music, they need to move to Tennessee or Texas, I find that crazy cause when white people tap into Rap music we aren't telling them to move into the hood.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

That is a sure example of how to be an Ally

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@princesspenthewriter8120 did he not know there's a whole population of country ass black people? there's no way he's been to tenessee or texas. on top of that, there are plenty of white people who've never done a days manual work in their life or have a country background singin about riding around on their tractor n shit cause they know those buzzwords pander to country listeners. Cold beers with my best gal, steel toe boots, american flag references, etc. on top of that, black people arent out here saying you need to be from the bronx or southside chicago to make hip hop, as long as youre one of the mac millers and not one of the iggy azeleas people will fuck with it. John Rich is some special kinda asshole to say some shit like that.

[@deirdrasj1]

The CMAs did Beyonce so dirty that year she performed smh

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

@@deirdrasj1 Both versions of the song sound so dang country. I grew up in Bakersfield, home of the Bakersfield sound, I can recognize country when I hear it

[@bulbasaur1232]

don't forget that the "cowboy look/attire" comes from Mexican Vaqueros.

[@salomeguzman8611]

j esco Ayee!

[@dandelion6617]

It’s hilarious how cowboys were mostly Hispanic, Black, or both but is associated with white southern people

[@itowilltube]

@@dandelion6617 See what Marlboro man advertisers and Hollywood can do but there's no need for representation in the media lol

[@bluerobot3806]

Exactly

[@peniscapture068]

Is it not okay for those to assimilate different cultures? Or want to flatter them by copying them?

[@stripp1219]

White people: yall need to move to Texas Beyonce born and raised in Texes: releases Daddy Lessons White people: still not country enough

[@AJ-cq5pw]

Siani Tripp Fr Preach! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@sjthedumbo1050]

She was from a city in texas

[@thenicolechi5821]

African Americans are the pioneers of country, jazz, and the blues. PERIODT.

[@em.415]

NicoleChi Say it again for the racists in the back.

[@ilovechips1327]

Don’t forget rock and roll

[@Tan87ful]

💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@mlwilliams7959]

Amen!

[@georgttadig558]

Let's not forget rock n roll blacks did that too

[@Dave102693]

County was stolen from us, just like Rock, early RnB (now labeled "blue eyed" Soul 🙄) and Jazz were.

[@PaintedHoundie]

Honestly, wouldn't use the word stolen. We typically move on from genres we help mold pretty fast. Like rock for esample: The rock we're familiar with today is more influenced by bands that came from the uk, by that time that started pickin up we were moving onto something else. Even the genres that we decided to keep around change every other 4 years or so. The genre absolutely has black cultural roots, but what the genre transformed you can say really is theirs. There have definitely been vultures in our history. But we do tend to move on pretty quick, in terms of those genres mentioned.

[@Dave102693]

@@PaintedHoundie it's 50/50 in general, expect for Rap, Modern RnB, and Gospel music.

[@Dave102693]

@@PaintedHoundie and I wonder what is the reason why we do this tbh.

[@lowrider276]

@@PaintedHoundie Not really. There is a historical trend of black artists being pushed out of genres they created. Like we didn't just up and abandon a genre over night.

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@lowrider276 didnt imply that we literally abandon genres. im saying there are trends of us not staying on the same wave for too long. thats why i used the rock example. we definitely were not pushed out of rock, we were done with rock within a decade. artists like jimi hendrix actually had what youd call a struggle, being frustrated not being accepted by black audiences very much at the time, and had to go to europe to get more recognition for his sound. cause at the time that sound was on its way out, we had moved on to that funk/soul sound. he was straight up clowned trying to perform in harlem, and was even accused of playing "white man's music". and there's other genres like disco that just didnt last as long, or changed into something else fairly quick. new jack swing was less than a decade, ended like mie 90s. you gotta give some examples of us straight up being pushed out of a genre, unless youre saying our genres often get "elvisided". if thats the same as what you mean i agree with that on some level. but id like to get more info on that, for research's sake if you can provide examples.

[@theladyofsoul5023]

Country music came straight outta our Blues music genre.

[@Dave102693]

You ain't wrong

[@bethechangeusee]

Lunar Orbit except most music and culture is hybrid across the Americas , so that’s not really a good point imo . Considering that Africans had no other choice but to “adapt” and “assimilate” to their surroundings, makes this convo much more complex than simply derivatives. However even if we go with your point, if there’s a shared origin of music, why are black people left out of it? To me that’s the point.

[@tananario]

Sorta. There is a bunch of Celtic beats in there. Country music came out of the fusion of the two. I have cousins who jammed with the original Carter family because music was the thing they had in common as their nearest neighbors a couple of hollers over. You can really hear it in The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

[@bethechangeusee]

tananario yep. I’m a black southerner and have Celtic lineage myself because I’m “from” the south. If people were actually honest about hybridity and the fact certain groups are purposefully left out of genres they helped create, life would be much easier. Because the reality is the Americas in general are hybrid cultures because of slavery, colonialism, and immigration🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ravenrosemia4840]

Don't share rap look what happens

[@apollobutler2879]

It is so frustrating seeing white people kind of get the credit for the cowboy aesthetic when the majority of cowboys were mexican and black. I feel like a lot of that misunderstanding from the general public comes from old hollywood westerns, but that's no excuse for the racism running rampant in the country music scene.

[@merchantfan]

Heck the "real Lone Ranger" was black! Making cowboys universally white was one of the great crimes of the 50s- it seems small but it rewrote the history of the West and the role of black people at that point in history, making sure they were supporting characters of history if they were mentioned at all.

[@apollobutler2879]

​@Facts Not Feelings lol were you enraged when you saw my perfectly harmless, well spoken, and informed response to this video? Kind of pathetic to comment something that brings no substance to this conversation on a statement i made over a year ago.

[@christmastiger]

White Americans: "Why do you get so mad when I wear cornrows and sing the n word along with rap everyone should be allowed to participate!" Also White Americans: "You can't be apart of country music you're not apart of our culture!"

[@Tan87ful]

💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@kylepereira9302]

I ain't ever heard of a white american ever saying the first one. And if it bothers you so much when somebody says that word then why let 6ix9ine or drake slide with it?

[@sleepbaby17]

@@kylepereira9302 just because it wasn't your experience doesn't mean it doesn't happen or is not an issue elsewhere. I, myself, have seen white people take the 1st stance many times. And black people make comments about those two using the word all of the time. The black jury is split on the issue because we all aren't of the same mind of how we want the word to be treated.

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

@@kylepereira9302 1. Were you born yesterday? Kim Kardashian's entire life is ripping off black culture. Wearing "Bo Derek braids" as she called them. 2. Fuck 69 and Drake. They're both on the kid diddling radar.

[@LGnLA]

☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕

[@brittanytiera3299]

Meanwhile they don’t care about gatekeeping when it’s comes to R&B and Rap.

[@more2me100]

Brittany Rose sure dont!

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly

[@ColorMeIn]

Neither do we tbh black people do a terrible job of gatekeeping our own shit.

[@nyanzarojas8776]

Thats black ppls job and we fail at it.

[@cressfionajames]

Say it again!!!!

[@starcherry6814]

Lots of black people love and sing country music. They just don’t get the recognition they deserve!

[@eartianwerewolf]

@PurelyAfrican hell yeah we gotta break apart country music.

[@jasminepearls1047]

Keke Wyatt has a song called Lie Under You.

[@rabbit0877]

Darius Rucker has been doing the country thing for several years. Idk how people always manage to leave him out.

[@temporarymusiclover]

Look up Kane brown he's had huge success on the country charts

[@deej5608]

FACTS

[@Baider808]

THANK. YOU! I literally wrote an entire persuasive speech for class on how country music is sexist and racist, it may be my greatest achievement in life lol

[@charlesphillipstephangaeta5982]

Bravooooooo

[@biancalord488]

This

[@brittanytiera3299]

I want to read it

[@Baider808]

@@brittanytiera3299 lol it's kind of long

[@alexisaspy2429]

Baider808 can you drop that speech real quick lol I wanna read it

[@AmKDWIFE]

I know a fellow black woman that went to a country music concert. She got called so many racist slurs...that it literally depressed her for a long time. Not making this up. Its not a space we need to be frequenting.. I just want to add.. what's odd to me is the fact that black men seem to go in these kinds of spaces and have no issues. I've known many that have.

[@nublessed8993]

Seeing stuff like this makes me not wanna live anymore

[@Lauren.O]

So sad 😥 especially considering how many non black people frequent rap and hip hop concerts, we leave them be. Music SHOULD be universally enjoyed

[@mzberriez5203]

I go to tons of country concerts every year and I’ve never gotten called any slurs but I do hear the “do you like country?” Or “it’s really cool you like country music!” Just because I’m not white. Why would I pay this money to be here at this concert you’re at if I don’t like the music??!! Lol people are ignorant

[@lenieserose2038]

@@Lauren.O Right. I love ALL genres.

[@toffletorte]

it’s very sad that she can’t feel comfortable and safe in a setting that she should very much be able to because of assholes that claim country as a “white-only” genre.

[@gangstadprincess]

*"But in reality, banjos are the sound of erasure."* Kim did not come to play with us today! And now, every time I hear a banjo, this is what I will think of

[@caseyc715]

Loved that line.

[@Tan87ful]

💯👏🏽

[@seanm.1813]

Girl, how you going to leave out the black Godfather of country music Charley Pride?

[@MARCIE12ification]

Yes

[@dlw1221]

Yep especially when the White country lovin folk actually love and respect him btw

[@melissaw4572]

and Aaron Nevile.

[@frostyboyken]

Big Al Downing.

[@eLLeBO0GIE]

I think Billy went to him...

[@ForHarriet619]

I didn't know that!! Dope!

[@Tan87ful]

Cool

[@vanderson5226]

Yes, I believe Billy went to him also. He knows this is bs then his name will be trending too. So it's a win win

[@jessica2575]

America’s first Cowboys were Mexican Vaqueros (cowboys in Spanish).

[@Dave102693]

Facts

[@kofimclaughlin]

It's Bass Reeves. America's first bounty hunter and cowboy.

[@SoupyGal]

mana269 Cool, so?

[@jessica2575]

taylormxrie so what I mean is that America is and has been a blended nation. We share culture and I don’t see a problem with POC/whites being invited in as long as whites don’t pretend like the culture isn’t blended. Like no took Eminem off the number one chart. I get that’s a little different since he his music style is just hip hop, but as the lovely Kim pointed out in the video other popular country songs have a musical composition similar to this song and those songs were not removed from the charts.

[@marilopez1225]

@Stephen Carter Wrong. Go research your history.

[@AlexiaM]

How is the dude commentating on his dislike for old town road gonna use a pic of solange to say she’s some sort of poser. She’s literally from Houston 😩

[@trahlalaa]

Thank you so much for highlighting this blatant racism. That white guy saying Old Town Road isn't country made me sick. Once I find a job I am 100% becoming a patron.

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed

[@toyaJM]

My daddy's family has always dressed in cowboy boots, hats, and Levi's or Wranglers and listened to country I never knew people didn't know that black people were stans out here and that we pioneered the genre. My pastor even sings his favorite country songs at church from time to time lol..fyi I was born in raised in Mn and had to line dance in gym and my fam is from KC, Mo.

[@Salmoninyourrice]

Girl, did you see when Beyonce called herself say she went to perform at the Country Award Show? They looked like they wanted to skin her. They do not want us up in there genre. That's why so many people are rubbed the wrong way by country.

[@birdiewolf3497]

The best part is that Daddy Lessons was definitely more traditional country than a lot of the other shit they was doing at the time. What a joke

[@em.415]

Bc a lot in that crowd are racist. They were still mad at her superbowl performance.

[@Tan87ful]

Birdie Wolf exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@temporarymusiclover]

How is it that they dont want black people in country when you had Darius rucker and currently have kane brown to name a few.

[@em.415]

temporarymusiclover Like you said, a few.

[@lovelylei7748]

The racist really showed themselves with this one 😂😬

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

The movie you're thinking of is Deliverance. Also, the mediocre white boy complaining about The Yeehaw Agenda has me cracking up, because he's basically treating it like appropriation, without calling it that. (Probably because he's the kind of person to claim that appropriation doesn't exist when he takes from non-white cultures and calls it his own, but believes it only happens to white people. 🙄)

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly

[@ld74624]

This is how blk people need to be with rap. Before it goes the way of country, jazz & rock and roll

[@HM-bg4gd]

I think it's too late...

[@egyptianqueen4007]

And r&b

[@eLLeBO0GIE]

Wonder what's gonna happen at the Country Music Awards this year... hmmm.. cause this has to be the biggest country song in a minute.

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed:))💯💯👏🏽👏🏽😂😂

[@temporarymusiclover]

Probably nothing. But have you heard of kane brown who had a #1 country album

[@yazmina84]

Never forget the roots of country music is Black. 🙏🏾

[@paymyrent7516]

How can you beg to be let in to a place you helped create.....actually, how can you have to be let in to a genre? It’s so disrespectful to the art. But it’s so blatant.

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly

[@ashleybarloweNC]

“You better whistle Billy Ray”-- YESSSSS, KIM!! 🤣🙌🏼👏🏼

[@Tan87ful]

😂😂😂😂

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

"You're old! It's time to get an eye cream!" Shooooot, don't I know it! 😂 Edit: I LOST IT when you played a clip of Boot-scootin' Boogie! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tan87ful]

😂😂😂

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

I was born and raised in a Jamaican family and in the afro Caribbean community has a affection for country/folk music in fact bob Marley started his solo career initially doing country/folk music before becoming the King of Reggae so I'm a mega fan of country music fan and since I was a kid I knew the genre was pioneered by African Americans and was hijacked by white people. It just surprised that billboard charts participate in that racist shit. It's frustrating how non black artists can be versatile and do every genre and get credibility in each genre but black artists gotta stay in the R&B/Rap fields. Rihanna come to mind she's the genre bending pop star of this generation but when she's nominated/wins for the grammys, AMAs and billboard awards she's always in the R&B categories.

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@naturistfred]

Lionel Ritchie also had a country song out in the 80s titled "Stuck On You". It's been remade by countless country musicians over the years. Pointer Sisters had a country song called "Fairytale" in the 70s and were the first black female trio to ever perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Aaron Neville from the Neville Brothers also put out country albums. Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner did a full country album in 1974 and was Grammy nominated. The black community has ties to country music than we are led to believe. Great video as always, gurl. 👏

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

Social media wasn't having that, and as of today it's number 1 overall!

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@bethechangeusee]

As a black American southerner I am so salty about how country and rock n roll are framed as white! it really hurts my soul that people think we don’t belong when we have so much to do with even being a genre. I will forever rep country and rock n roll as black American and remind white southerners that many southern blacks are their biological cousins 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed 👏🏽👏🏽💯💯

[@Latte-girly90]

Yeah, I think ppl who generally don’t like country music are bias in these conversations because they ignore the fact that black people can like country music too.

[@thankuslay6766]

There are still black people sing country song but I'm not sure about rock. Especially today's black generation don't seem attracted to get into rock. Rock and Metal are now just purely associated with White.

[@stupidhat1779]

Havent listened to country music since the era of Garth Brooks, I like to call everything since "Western Pop" its not really country to my mind.

[@itsmeyallnope8305]

Yes honey, Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, George Strait, Martina McBride, and Reba McEntire. This is still heavy rotation in our household. I think we were the only black family that listen to country music on our block.

[@VenusAD]

90s country, yesssss. But that being said, there are some newer tracks that I've enjoyed a lot. Some of what Kane Brown has done I've been into. I think there's room for change, as always, and country definitely needs to welcome diversity. Perhaps they should just start recognizing sub-genres at this point.

[@merchantfan]

Yeah it's ridiculous that *this* would be where they draw the line- BB Rexa and Florida-Georgia Line don't have any real strings or steel guitar. The country charts are hardly filled with "classic" country.

[@sarahnoonchester6599]

I was always taught that country is a feeling, not a sound and this song is COUNTRY through and through!!

[@GlitterPenPerspective]

Thank you for making this video! And thank you for educating me on the history of country music! I’ve been a (low key) fan of country for years and I had no idea. It’s so sad how history can be rewritten. Thanks for setting the record straight. Old Town Road is more country than most songs on the country charts these days. You’re completely right; so many popular country songs today have so much pop, rock, rap, and r&b elements. It’s been this way for years and nobody blinks an eye. I can’t help but think of a very similar country song to Lil Nas X’s that was really popular in 2010-ish maybe. It was called Dirt Road Anthem by a singer named Jason Aldean. It was a country rap song and it charted pretty high on country charts. I can’t help but wonder why that particular song wasn’t taken off the charts at the time. It’s so awful that Lil Nas X was treated so unfairly. There’s actually a video of him talking about the billboard situation (the lyric breakdown video) and even though he never specifically stated it, anyone with empathy could tell it really hurt his feelings. It broke my heart. It’s pure racism.

[@Tan87ful]

Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@KJ-pr7ln]

Justin did perform at the cmas and nobody got mad like they did with Bey.

[@inuyasha790o]

Hello, Kim! You're incredible! Greetings from Brazil!

[@theclockworkharlequin4011]

When only 25% of actual cowboys were white and the rest were exclusively black and hispanic.

[@marzblaq7267]

This situation reminds me of what was going on with Janet Jackson when it was announced that she was an inductee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the classic rock and metal heads were pissed saying she wasn’t Rock and Roll at all, but in reality; Rhythm Nation 1814: Black Cat Janet.: What’ll I Do The Velvet Rope: You and What About All For You: Trust A Try. So it’s not just country music that is on some racial foolishness.

[@jennifer_5508]

My mind is actually blown by how Black Country music actually was. Like the banjo part? Makes me think about what else white ppl have erased from the history books...

[@Janna_Ash]

I’ve always liked country music, but it’s not a scene I’d ever try to be part of for all the reasons you explained in this video. I knew black folks helped create the genre even though we get no credit - but of course. It’s kind of funny for me to see white folks crying over this - do they feel their culture is being appropriated? 🙃 The reasoning for this song not being eligible is complete bs - I don’t keep up with charts, but we know most of the popular stuff isn’t pure country. And they mash different genres together. So they just don’t want to let this black guy be great smh.

[@Tan87ful]

💯💯👏🏽

[@LisaSantana15]

J C exactly its so true when she pointed out that if taylor swift wanted to come back to country music again theyd welcome her with open arms

[@Cherryblos9]

@@LisaSantana15 Bruh, they were so salty when she left though. They took her music off the charts, and most country zealots always sounded mad when talking about it too. It was crazy.

[@AJ-cq5pw]

White people hate it when they can't own everything

[@chrisfarmer6893]

If anyone is interested in the black roots of country music, I recommend checking out the Carolina Chocolate Drops, they are an all-black string band. They play traditional music which they learned from old time black musicians around North Carolina. The banjo player, Rhiannon Giddens, also has some solo work too and is an amazing singer. Look them up on KZbin!

[@domoniczda]

I'm from Texas and black people been in cowboy boots and hats. Trailrides and rodeos...

[@lyricttg]

Girl... yes. I’ve seen it all my life. My dad is this exact image.

[@maggie1400ave]

I’m a black lesbian and....let’s just say that I’m not welcome in country music circles.

[@Tan87ful]

Wow. Smh I hate racism and homophobia

[@egyptianqueen4007]

Your profile pic says otherwise

[@720p-o9l]

My jaw dropped at that banjo fact ...damn they really be stealing everything lol

[@skarbuskreska]

Not even from the US, but I learn so much from your videos. The whole picture that we have from the US here in Germany or better Europe just comes from ads, movies etc. It engraved stereotypes so deep in our brains that we think this is it and we need to unlearn so much stuff. Not denying white people also contributed to the culture, because they sure did, but the rate at which the huge black culture contributions are erased even until today is astonishing.

[@lydiawind6507]

I haven't even heard the song but had to upvote for all the receipts you brought! Fellow history buff here

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed

[@VentraleStar]

DAMN! You really taught me some stuff in this video. I always wondered why square dancing and elementary school were paired together.

[@flatfacedcat]

ikr? I had recently remembered it, as a Texan elementary school memory. This gives a lot of context.

[@ToniToussaint]

yurp, black folks created country music!

[@alicetubbs8482]

Country music is Blues sang with a twang..

[@dillonbush2857]

i so agree, country music has become very pop-y, with many songs being mainly pop, so i don’t see why country music cant be experimented in other ways, too

[@YouTuberOnlineNow]

I'm loving these summer looks in your recent videos💖

[@animec-dramaskpop6362]

I was about to say something incredibly stupid so I'm glad I let you finish before I started typing. There's a lot of info in this video that I didn't know. Thanks

[@kimmyball4961]

Deliverance is the movie ur thinking of with the banjo music.

[@TTSantiago821]

Hey hey white boy in the blue shirt.....the term cowboy was actually in reference to black men from the start!

[@YankeeGirl226]

Yup. True facts.

[@Diananotaprincess]

“The BAD old days.” Love it, Kim!

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

I'm not American and mixed and my favourite 2 music genres have always been (I'm your age!) hip hop and country music. Neither are made for me. I fit in in neither audiences. One of my favourite Nicki Minaj songs is "Lookin' Ass" and I cannot sing along. I went to a country music party once and left within the hour because I found the crowd obnoxious. But the reason I love both genres so much (and hope that they eventually successfully grow together) is because they are the ultimate genres about the American experience. And I'm not talking about mumble rap and "I love my truck" ballads, I'm talking about the quality content of both. It's so interesting to see as an outsider.

[@maknaemimi5739]

Country came from black peoples blues/soul/jazz. So uhmmm..

[@chokinonashes61]

I am from the UK, love this channel I have learned so much from it then do more research :)

[@NaturallyNaye]

Billy Ray always been down for the cause lol 👏🏼🗣

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed. I’ve always liked him

[@NaturallyNaye]

Nella J yes he sits right with my spirit 😂

[@mmaolisae3675]

I love how much research you do for these videos. I just discovered you and I'm leaning so much! Thank you for the great content 🖤

[@easybakedshi]

I’m so happy I subscribed to your channel, there aren’t many black women on this platform who spend the time to research and thoroughly discuss controversial topics in the way you do! So much respect

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed

[@kimberlymichellethomas9964]

Lol I knew you wouldn’t make it through this vid without mentioning Deliverance. Very informative as always, thank you for your insight and humor!

[@imanicartwright4463]

Christina Aguilera performed with Rascal Flatts to no controversy so when they came for Beyonce believe I was mad and I love Christina Aguilera

[@emzichic8649]

It's so sad because hip-hop and R&B originally a black genera and every damn race jump on it freely and be creative and also gets praised for it, but when black people jump on county music it's such a huge problem, the country music community are just a bunch a trashy racist folks!!, I hope a million more black people jump on county music and make huge impact like lil naz x did

[@issybella66]

I’m white and love country music and never cared about the skin colour of the person singing it but I think it’s sad that there’s not many black people in country music getting recognition even when they started country music because it comes from blues and folk which people of colour started

[@CarloandBailey]

I learn so much from u!!! Love ur channel

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed

[@anthonywheeler2082]

I didn't even realize that the Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line song was country until now haha Also I didn't realize it was Florida Georgia Line either.

[@dellytancyl524]

I don't know a thing about country music, or even the artist, but this got me feeling some type of way. My sister on here dropping knowledge and historical facts, just straight educating. I didn't even realize I liked country music, but I listened to Faith Hill, Billy Ray Cirrus and Dixie Chicks back in the day. I'm learning.

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@SianLondon]

You're amazing Kim. That's all. Much love from London UK

[@opaljk4835]

“Pop song with an accent” yup, that’s a super accurate description of most modern country

[@gutterfly91]

"You better whistle, Billy Ray" 😂

[@passiveagressive4983]

You need to watch the Key & Peele sketch where Key sings ultra racist lyrics - funny AF

[@ObeyAmmalol]

Love that you added the clips

[@ForHarriet619]

trying to step it up!

[@tootalo]

i've been a big fan of country ever sense i was a kid thanks to my dad, but the recent country scene has been feeling so stale. that is until country road came out! that song was a breath of fresh air, and i want to hear more shit like it!!

[@teancoffee208]

Nah sis I'm 21. No need for eye cream yet!

[@dizzey5357]

I stan you and all your views, Harriet! I just found your channel a couple days ago and I love how much research and effort you’ve put into all of the topics.

[@teancoffee208]

I love the song- admittedly partially because it confirms what I've always said: Hip hop/rap and country music are two sides of the same song.

[@mycostassens3805]

I shared your video to Grady Smith. It’s really a great breakdown and I loved it

[@Keturah-Renet]

I think the movie you might've been talking about is Deliverance...

[@AilesGrises]

Thank you so much for this. I’m Mexican and I love listening to country music but I love learning more about it’s origins and where it came from. I wish they taught this more in schools or in music festivals.

[@DanielleLavirgo]

They are doing the same thing for hip hop slowly but surely.

[@egyptianqueen4007]

And R&b

[@miznikki2u]

I'm so glad I found you!!! I'm OBSESSED with your intellectual thoughts and opinions! haha

[@markt.7673]

I remember those days of watching Music videos on TV!! 😂😂

[@kimmyball4961]

Ok, I'm gonna show my age......I remember when MTV first started!!! Omg, I was so excited. My parents didn't have cable yet so I went to a friend's house and we watched and watched, LOL. We thought it was the coolest thing ever!!

[@maneatingbunny1]

When I tell my kids there were music vidoes on MTV they look at me like Ima two headed dragon. LOL ~pulls out eye cream ~

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed lol

[@sarahelizabeth3748]

This is the second video of yours I’ve stumbled upon. Great content, I’m subscribing. Thanks for the rational dialogue you bring to all the topics you cover. Can’t wait to see more.

[@moniquemarrie]

THANK YOU for doing this video! This song is an ENTIRE BOP and I was totally out out the loop! I just did my entire workout with this song on repeat! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

[@gatitalaespia6599]

It would be great if you could include the links to the articles you posted in the description box for easy access! I appreciate you finding them and I wanna read them (:

[@teancoffee208]

Not to be conspiratorial, but I think country labels put pressure on billboard to remove the song bc it would undoubtedly shoot to the top of the charts (leading to less money for them). It appeals to a wide audience, and combines two genres with some of the most loyal listeners. Another reason might be that they are not alright with this kind of crossover with country. Rock is great. Pop is okay. Hip hop? Absolutely not, apparently.

[@Tan87ful]

Good point💯💯👏🏽👏🏽

[@1stWorldSlums]

Actually....country music done fugged up. Cause now every black person/artist is gonna hop on board with country themed sounding music PERIODT

[@emilymurphy2144]

When Florida Georgia Line and Nelly had a remix that HAD to go on the charts. Where the hell did THAT song end up on the charts?

[@MiaRosenbloom]

I think it's dope that more people of color are embracing country music and becoming artists of the genre. I think country needs the diversity, especially considering where it originated from. Also, while I like how modern country music barrows elements of hip hop, and R&B (as a white person who grew up listening to hip hop yet was born & raised in the sticks, modern country music bridges the gap between the sound I like, and the culture I'm familiar with), I think it's unfair that white country artists can use elements of urban music and still be considered country on the charts, but a black artist can't. That's messed up, and it needs to be corrected. Thank you Kim, for bringing this to everybody's attention. I hope Lil Nas X, and the rest of black artists who venture into country music get the recognition they deserve in the future. I believe times are slowly but surely changing for the better.

[@mimilynn5619]

Gurl you teach and preach the truth today thank you for the lesson

[@lucidthomas4402]

SMDH Florida Georgia Line did a remix of one of their songs with Nelly and the genre that it is considered is country pop and drumroll.........country RAP! And that song came out when I was in high school, so there's literally no excuse for them pulling the first song when they knew that genre already existed.

[@musicianwren9248]

I thought I heard somewhere that the term "cowboy" originally inferred a black person. It came from many of these ranch hands being black, and being referred to as "boys" back in the day ... then eventually the term cowboy was coined. Also ... my grandfather was a black man from Missouri who loved country music and played the banjo. I never knew that history of the banjo.

[@janicebatts7604]

Shout out from OKC! Thanks for your videos. Much Love to you Kim, much Love.

[@vmontgomery80]

Excellent video, very educational and exceptionally executed. 👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼

[@Ladyfaithke]

I just come for introduction and your reader has packaging and presentation is 🔥! I love

[@tananario]

Girl, OUR country music is Zydeco! Look it up on KZbin and watch us steppin’ in boots, hats and big-assed belt buckles! Love!

[@Unpopularopinionsbyme]

tananario Hey Girl! Born in Lafayette La. Grew up going to trail rides. They don’t know!

[@thecolonel9857]

Most of the “country” nowadays isn’t real country, including Old Town Road (clearly rap), it’s crap. Real country is Hank Williams Jr., Darius Rucker, David Allen Coe, Kenny Rodgers, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and others. It’s not race, it’s tradition and talent.

[@TREELEAN]

You have very so smart commentary on this issue. I am loving it!