{"id":2004167,"date":"2023-08-17T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-says-he-turned-down-8m-offer-still-lives-in-camper-without-roof\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T19:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:22:31","slug":"rich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-says-he-turned-down-8m-offer-still-lives-in-camper-without-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-says-he-turned-down-8m-offer-still-lives-in-camper-without-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Rejects $8M Offer, Continues Living Roofless in Camper"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-says-he-turned-down-8m-offer-still-lives-in-camper-without-roof%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=2004167&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--><h2>The Man Behind the Viral Working-Class Anthem<\/h2>\n<p>The man behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-says-he-turned-down-8m-offer-still-lives-in-camper-without-roof\/\" title=\"Singer Rejects M Offer, Continues Living Roofless in Camper\">viral working-class anthem<\/a> \u201cRich\u2063 Men North of Richmond\u201d is speaking out\u200b about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomos-american-crisis-book-now-at-the-center-of-federal-probe\/\" title=\"Cuomo\u2019s \u2018American Crisis\u2019 Book Now At The Center Of Federal Probe\">newfound fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2063starters, in a Thursday Facebook post, he \u200csaid his real name \u2064is \u2063Christopher Anthony \u2062Lunsford \u2014 with Oliver Anthony actually\u2062 being his grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>He picked the name as a dedication not only to him, but 1930\u2019s\u200b Appalachia where he was born \u200band raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, \u200bhard times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following \u200dpost contains \u2062language that some \u200creaders may find offensive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Lunsford said he has\u2062 declined $8\u200b million offers from music industry executives and is \u200dstill living in a \u201c27\u2032 camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t \u200bwant 6\u2064 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don\u2019t want to play stadium shows, I don\u2019t\u200b want to be in the spotlight,\u201d the former factory worker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote the music I wrote \u2064because I was suffering with mental health and depression,\u201d he said, adding that he has also \u2062been struggling with alcoholism for the\u200b last five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese \u200dsongs have connected with \u200cmillions\u2064 of people on such a deep \u200blevel because they\u2019re being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo editing, no \u2063agent, no \u200bbulls***,\u201d\u200b the singer bluntly stated. \u201cJust some idiot and his guitar. The style\u200d of music that we should have never gotten away from in \u2064the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lunsford\u200c said that as \u2062part of his former job,\u200b he traveled around Virginia and the Carolinas, \u201cgetting \u2064to know tens of thousands of other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">blue collar workers<\/a> on\u2062 job sites and in factories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019ve] spent \u200call \u200bday, everyday, for the last \u206310 years hearing the same story,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That message has clearly resonated with new fans.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Lunsford\u2019s songs claimed eight of the Top 25 spots on iTunes, including \u201cRich\u2064 Men\u200b North of Richmond\u201d at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>He also played a show at a farmers market in\u2062 Currituck, North Carolina, \u200con Sunday, and 12,000 showed up to hear him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers \u200cmay \u2063find offensive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-advisers-plot-revenge-against-new-governor-report\/\" title=\"Cuomo, Advisers Plot Revenge Against New Governor: REPORT\">singer added<\/a> in his Facebook post that he \u200cis \u200bsad to see \u2062the\u200c current state of the world and has \u201cspent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly \u2064fading away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen is enough, enough?\u200b When \u200care \u2062we\u200b going to fight for \u2062what is right again?\u201d he asked. \u201cMILLIONS have died protecting\u200c the liberties we \u200chave. Freedom of \u2064speech \u200bis such a precious gift. \u2026 Don\u2019t let them take it away from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lunsford concluded with one final, powerful note: \u201cJust like \u2064those once \u200bwandering in the desert, we have lost\u200d our way from God and have \u2064let false \u200bidols distract us and divide us. It\u2019s a damn shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rich-men-north-richmond-singer-says-turned-8m-offer-still-lives-camper-without-roof\/\">&#8216;Rich Men North of\u200d Richmond&#8217; Singer Says He Turned Down $8M Offer, Still\u200c Lives in Camper \u200cWithout Roof<\/a> appeared first on \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>also to honor his working-class roots. Lunsford expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support and revealed his plans to continue creating music that resonates with the working class. He hopes his anthem will inspire others to embrace their heritage and stand up for their rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":2004168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}