Country Music Has Always Been A Part of the Black Experience

Kelly V. Porter
Rock n’ Heavy
Published in
2 min readApr 14, 2024

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I’m jumping right into the latest country music discussion. While I wouldn’t consider myself a member of the BeyHive, I respect Beyoncé as a business woman, and how she consistently reinvents herself and centers Black culture. Her foray into country music via her latest album, Cowboy Carter, is just one more example of that. What’s more, as of today, she became the first Black woman to…

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