Country star Darius Rucker said in a recent interview that country music still carries a “stigma” of racism today.
In 2011, Rucker wrote in an editorial for “The Tennessean” that country music has a “stigma of rebel flags and racism.”
“It’s still around, you know. You still see it some places and I don’t think it’s – I don’t think it’s ever gonna go away,” the “Beers and Sunshine” singer said.
When pressed further, Rucker said the stigma was “still” a part of the country, adding that he is “pretty sure it’s still there.”
He also touched on Beyonce’s newest and first country album, “Cowboy Carter.” Beyonce became the first Black woman earlier this year to hit number one on the Billboard country albums chart.
“I can’t express enough how big what she did was because she bought so many eyes to the genre,’” Rucker said.
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Author: Joe Weber
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