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Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Staillon, and Solange are all a part of the Yeehaw Agenda
I’m convinced that country music industry has been placing more and restrictions on “”country sound”” ever since Whitney Houston’s version of I Will Always Love You first shook the world to its core
*waits patiently for Dolly Parton to collaborate with Solange*
Im sorry but the idea that Hot 100 Country wants to place so-called contemporary standards on country sound is hilarious. I believe you’ve met Nashville Somgwriters Association award winner, Taylor Swift?
Let’s discuss the fact that the Country Music Association JUST gave it’s first black the New Artist Award a decade ago before we even have a dialogue about contemporary country sound.
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Darius Rucker was the first African American to receive the New Artist Award from the Country Music Association and the second black person to have received recognition from them. In their 60 years of existence as an organization formed to promote a music genre @CountryMusic
The Yeehaw Takeover is nigh
there will soon be at least one think piece about the origins of “Yeehaw Agenda” from a white Brooklyn music critic that will say “One can trace the origins of the Yeehaw Agenda—a new blend of urban and country cultural aesthetics—to Nelly’s 2000 debut album, Country Grammar.”
*NPR voice* Support for the Yeehaw Agenda comes from the Dang Flabbit Foundation, an organization founded by Billy Ray Cyrus aimed at providing unity & purpose within the country music industry
Serious question: is Genuine’s Pony considered to be a part of the Yeehaw Agenda
