{"id":1211997,"date":"2022-01-12T17:19:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T22:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211997"},"modified":"2022-01-12T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T22:19:40","slug":"country-music-is-not-racist-award-winning-singer-talks-morgan-wallen-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-music-is-not-racist-award-winning-singer-talks-morgan-wallen-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Country Music Is Not Racist\u2019: Award Winning Singer Talks Morgan Wallen, Cancel Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcountry-music-is-not-racist-award-winning-singer-talks-morgan-wallen-cancel-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Openly conservative country music signer RaeLynn last week declared that \u201ccountry music is not racist,\u201d reacting to the narrative surrounding fellow singer Morgan Wallen.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen last year was subject to deplatforming after a secretly-recorded tape was leaked to the media showing the singer on an alcohol-fueled bender calling his white friend the N-word. Still, Wallen\u2019s music continued to climb the charts thanks to fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you take it when [Wallen] said that maybe his music, after the incident, was charting so high, because there was a \u2026 racial problem in country music?\u201d \u201cThe Spillover\u201d host Alex Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/country-music-is-not-racist-interview-with-raelynn\/id1507839530?i=1000547165362\">asked<\/a> RaeLynn, referring to an interview Wallen did on \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, country music is not racist,\u201d RaeLynn asserted. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen that. \u2026 I\u2019ve never experienced that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that Morgan \u2026 is a really good person deep down and he made a mistake,\u201d she continued. Wallen and RaeLynn are both alumni on the talent show \u201cThe Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer added that she \u201cknew\u201d the media would spin Wallen\u2019s success as evidence of racism in country music.&nbsp;\u201cI knew that when his music started going to the next level, I knew that was going to be what they said,\u201d she told Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also torched cancel culture more generally, noting that she found herself afraid to release a song about her life, called \u201cShe Chose Me,\u201d because it contained a pro-life message.<\/p>\n<p>RaeLynn recalled talking to her husband about her fear: \u201cThe fact that I\u2019m scared speaks volumes about cancel culture, because I literally released a song about my life, and I\u2019m nervous for my fans to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should be able to talk about what you believe in and not get canceled,\u201d she continued. Cancel culture is \u201cnot what America is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, RaeLynn is not willing to keep quiet about her views. \u201cIf I lose a few fans because I\u2019m speaking my heart, I\u2019m okay with that,\u201d she told Clark, \u201chonestly I\u2019m just being who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaeLynn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RaeLynn<\/a> was recently on a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TPUSA<\/a> podcast and said how country music isn\u2019t racist because she\u2019s never experienced it. 1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sNdBy9G1Cu\">pic.twitter.com\/sNdBy9G1Cu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madeleine Molly (@madeleinemollyd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madeleinemollyd\/status\/1480158084408487938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in September, RaeLynn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/award-winning-country-singer-comes-out-with-pro-life-song-that-hits-home\">released<\/a> \u201cShe Chose Me\u201d to her followers via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018She Chose Me,\u2019 one of the tracks on BAYTOWN, hits close to home for me in many ways,\u201d the singer posted. \u201cThis album\u2019s got a lot of sass and bass but I promised you I will always write from the heart and not shy away from the hard subjects. This song is my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taste of Country <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/raelynn-baytown-album-interview-2021\/\">noted<\/a> that the song outlines \u201c\u2018a Bible Belt-lovin\u2019 believer\u2019 who gets pregnant after an extramarital affair with a man on Galveston Bay and, the lyrics imply, considers getting an abortion,\u201d but in the end chooses her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>RaeLynn also praises the joy of motherhood in the album. \u201c\u2018Made for Me to Love,\u2019 a love letter to her infant daughter Daisy, in January, when she was only eight weeks pregnant,\u201d Taste of Country said. \u201cShe says she arrived at the writing session feeling \u2018super emotional\u2019 and, despite the axiom about waiting to share pregnancy news until after the first trimester, she told her co-writers that she was pregnant before sitting down to write the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/award-winning-country-singer-comes-out-with-pro-life-song-that-hits-home\">Award Winning Country Singer Comes Out With Pro-Life Song&nbsp;That \u2018Hits&nbsp;Home\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openly conservative country music signer RaeLynn last week declared that \u201ccountry music is not racist,\u201d reacting to the narrative surrounding fellow singer Morgan Wallen. Wallen last year was subject to deplatforming after a secretly-recorded tape was leaked to the media showing the singer on an alcohol-fueled bender calling his white friend the N-word. 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