I’m blaming you for this blog, Kid Rock. You and that damned “Cowboy” song. It’s all your fault. Let’s talk about “hick-hop,” shall we? So I was under the foolish impression that hick-hop was shit ...

It began when prisoners from urban jails were moved to new "supermax" facilities in rural Appalachia. The racial tension between white corrections officers and black inmates could be felt throughout ...

Nelly’s “Country Grammar (Hot Shit),” the lead single from his 2000 album Country Grammar, is comfortably at home in 2025. He mentions AI, Donald Trump, and lighting up and taking a puff of chronic, ...

The New York Times Can’t Take Left-Wing Violence Seriously Audio By Carbonatix Genre mash-up sweeps airwaves; sociolgoists hardest hit. Atlantic reporter Noah Berlatsky is in hot pursuit of the ...

Sub-genre got its start in early 2000s with Shannon Houchins%2C Cowboy Troy Newer artists Colt Ford%2C LACs have under-the-radar cult following Music executives%2C radio still struggling to market ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As Big Smo will tell you, some blessings come well-disguised. The Tennessee rapper is about to release his first album, “Kuntry Livin,’ ” on Tuesday, and next week, a self-titled reality series, ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT John Smith, aka Big Smo, is a country music star on the cusp of the Next Big Country Thing: Hip-hop/country fusion. On the eve of the release of his first major label (Warner) album, ...

Country music is generally seen as music for rural white people sung in traditional styles. Hip hop is (also generally seen as) urban black music continually updating itself. For both cultural and ...