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Country Music’s Unfinished Business: Why the Country Music Awards Keep Snubbing Black Artists
Shaboozey’s CMA shutout is the latest example of country music ignoring Black artists helping advance the genre.
Black artists have been pushing boundaries in country music for decades, only to be ignored, erased, or outright dismissed by the industry. And while Pride achieved massive success, the industry’s treatment of him as a one-off novelty rather than a trailblazer speaks volumes. Ignoring artists like Shaboozey and Lil Nas X doesn’t protect country music’s legacy; it shrinks its future.
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