BigXthaPlug didn’t set out to become country music’s favorite rapper. When he first heard the twangy, western guitar loop that would become his breakout 2022 single “Texas,” he thought it sounded ...

At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: Post Malone attends the 2019 ...

The Dallas native teams with Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Shaboozey & more on the album that arrives Friday. By Gail Mitchell When BigXthaPlug took Billboard out for barbecue in Los Angeles, the rapper — ...

After Morgan Wallen, Lil Nas X and Shaboozey, Nashville is going hip-hop yet again. “Oil Money” by Graham Barham is the latest example of a long lineage, our critic explains from the driver’s seat.

One night at a Whiskey Jam event at Midtown's Losers Bar showed country & Nashville's cultural shift A trio of singer-songwriters -- HARDY, ERNEST, and Ben Burgess --honor fans' blue-collar existences ...

Dax, a Nigerian-Canadian poet and rapper, calls from a phone number with a Wichita, Kansas, area code to speak with The Tennessean about his outsider-to-insider rise in country music's mainstream.

Shaboozey is having quite the star turn of a year. It’s the type of trajectory that budding artists dream of and veteran acts envy. I mean, who else has been featured on a Beyoncé album (twice) and ...