
Did Dropping the N-Word Actually Help Morgan Wallen’s Career?
A year after the singer came to represent country music’s race problem, Wallen has a sold-out tour, a radio hit, and headlining gigs at summer festivals
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Subscribe NowA year after the singer came to represent country music’s race problem, Wallen has a sold-out tour, a radio hit, and headlining gigs at summer festivals
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“Morgan Wallen’s thoughtless redemption tour is the nail in the coffin of me realising these systems, and this town is really not for us,” said songwriter Joy Oladokun after the polarising country star performed on the Opry this weekend
“As his conduct does not align with our core values, we will not be including him on the show in any capacity (performing, presenting, accepting),” show organizers say
'Rolling Stone' reached out to dozens of state, regional and national Black-led or Black-founded charities. Only one reported receiving any money from Wallen, and it wasn’t nearly half a mil
“I will always take ownership for my ignorance and my past”
“I think I was just ignorant about it,” country star said of why he used the n-word during his first major interview since the scandal
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The country star’s record deal is on ice after he was caught using a racial slur. But experts say it’s mostly an empty gesture