{"id":418216,"date":"2021-04-13T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418216"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:28:57","slug":"billboards-supporting-morgan-wallen-pop-up-around-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billboards-supporting-morgan-wallen-pop-up-around-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboards Supporting Morgan Wallen Pop-Up Around Nashville"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fbillboards-supporting-morgan-wallen-pop-up-around-nashville%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=418216&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1703.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Two months after a racial slur incident crippled his music career, billboards supporting country star Morgan Wallen have been popping up all around Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillboards naming Morgan Wallen&nbsp;as the fans\u2019 choice for&nbsp;Entertainer of the Year have appeared around Nashville just days ahead of the&nbsp;Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs),\u201d reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/billboards-support-morgan-wallen-nashville-racial-slur-controversy-report\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen was deemed ineligible for the ACMs in February of this year after a video showed him using the N-word in reference to a white person after a drunken night out with friends. At least six billboards honoring Wallen have been erected in downtown Nashville featuring an outline of Wallen\u2019s face while bearing the message:&nbsp;\u201cHis Fan\u2019s Choice Entertainer of the Year. Support that boy from \u2018East Tennessee!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe billboards also share the phrase \u2018gaht\u2019 which is used by Wallen and reference \u2018Mark 11:25,\u2019 a bible verse,\u201d added Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4640883977901\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six Fan-Funded Morgan Wallen Billboards Appear In Nashville Ahead Of 2021 ACM Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0DNB79ko3\">https:\/\/t.co\/E0DNB79ko3<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xMusicMayhemx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xMusicMayhemx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darlene Sullivan (@Darlene22191912) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Darlene22191912\/status\/1381834635181756418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The origins of the billboards remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor\">reported<\/a> in February, SiriusXM, Pandora, CMT, iHeartRadio and many others pulled Morgan Wallen\u2019s music after a neighbor recorded him drunkenly referring to a white friend as the N-word.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.750865051903\">\n<p>Wallen\u2019s music was first pulled by&nbsp;Cumulus Media. The country music heavyweight sent a directive to all of its 400-plus stations to remove Wallen\u2019s songs from their playlists \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d Variety&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/morgan-wallen-country-radio-removed-racial-slur-1234899010\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>iHeartRadio, Entercom, cable network CMT, satellite service SiriusXM, and streaming service Pandora have all also removed the 27-year-old\u2019s songs. Variety noted that Wallen\u2019s music is not currently appearing on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, too. Nashville-based label Big Loud has suspended their contract with Wallen \u201cindefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wallen was also disqualified from playing at the Country Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed and sorry,\u201d Wallen said. \u201cI used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the total de-platforming of his career, Wallen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morgan-wallens-record-sales-skyrocket-amid-racial-slur-controversy\">music sales continued to soar<\/a>. In an apology video posted mid-February, Wallen lamented on how his actions let so many people down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video you saw was me on hour 72 of a bender, and that\u2019s not something I\u2019m proud of either,\u201d Wallen said. \u201cObviously, the natural thing to do is to apologize further and continue to apologize because you got caught, and that\u2019s not what I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI let so many people down who mean a lot to me, who have given so much to me, it\u2019s just not fair,\u201d he added. \u201cI let my parents down and they\u2019re the furthest thing from the person in that video. I let my son down and I\u2019m not OK with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallen noted that the incident led him to have some very real conversations with black people and black leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week I heard firsthand some personal stories from Black people that honestly shook me,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I know what I\u2019m going through this week doesn\u2019t even compare to some of the trials I about from them. I came away from those discussions with a deep appreciation for them and a clearer understanding of the weight of my words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-morgan-wallen-posts-apology-video-talks-sobriety-following-n-word-video-deplatforming\">WATCH: Morgan Wallen Posts Apology Video, Talks Sobriety Following N-Word Video,&nbsp;Deplatforming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>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&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months after a racial slur incident crippled his music career, billboards supporting country star Morgan Wallen have been popping up all around Nashville, Tennessee.\u201cBillboards naming Morgan Wallen\u00a0as the fans\u2019 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312116,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1703.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Billboards Supporting Morgan Wallen Pop-Up Around Nashville","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1703.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Billboards Supporting Morgan Wallen Pop-Up Around Nashville","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418216","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}