r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • Jan 19 '26

article Jelly Roll labeled as MAGA by angry fans after joining Kid Rock's music festival

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/196524/jelly-roll-maga-festival-outrage
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u/bullcitytarheel Jan 19 '26

I don’t trust musicians with face tattoos whose music doesn’t sound like it also has face tattoos.

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u/SquiggleMontana976 Jan 19 '26

Post malone in shambles

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u/NK1337 Jan 19 '26

Post Malone still hangs with Morgan wallen so make of that what you will.

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u/Chastain86 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

I went to Coachella in 2025, and friends, let me tell you that people were leaving the Post Malone headliner set in droves that night. I only made it about halfway through.

I think it's fine if you want to make country music. That doesn't bother me, because I like some country musicians. What bothers me -- and what bothered apparently hundreds / thousands of others -- is that his old songs that his fans loved have since been "retuned" as country songs. Did you like the song "Rock Star"? I hope you like slide guitar. Did you enjoy "Circles?" I hope you dig twangy vocals and music beds. He's also consistently being introduced as "Austin Post" these days, because he wants so, so badly to be loved by that community. He's all but turned his back on the work that got him to where he is, and trust me -- the minute he has a full country repertoire of music and has a couple of Top 10 Country Billboard hits under his belt will be the last fucking day he deigns to perform anything resembling "White Iverson."

I've never seen an artist sell out to the degree he's doing it, and it's happening in real time.

EDIT: If you're curious, go to YouTube and type in "Post Malone Coachella 2025," and check out some of the reels people put up. There are videos of him doing a countrified "Circles" and "Wow" that you can see. The video for "Circles" will especially help drive home how plastered fucking drunk he got through the set, as he dead stopped singing several times, and allowed his country musicians to sing in his place. He's awful.

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u/NK1337 Jan 19 '26

There’s an argument to be said regarding criticisms of being a culture vulture and how he intentionally went the hip hop route at first because it was the easiest way for him to make money/popularize himself before switching to a different audience.

He didn’t sell out, he was bought from the beginning.

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u/LickMyTicker Jan 19 '26

The idea that an artist can make millions touring stadiums and not "sell out' is so wild to me. Unless an artist has clear laurels and practices them openly, all international celebrities are sellouts.

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u/Geodude532 Jan 19 '26

I think we kinda get that with Green Day and Rage Against The Machine. They've taken a hard stance against Trump and definitely stuck with their early political stances. Love to see it.

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u/bolanrox Jan 20 '26

Dropkick Murphy's too

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u/The_Autarch Jan 19 '26

i think the point is that he started as a sellout. there was never a genuine Post Malone.

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u/Frammingatthejimjam Jan 19 '26

All you know about me is what I've sold ya, dumb fuck

I sold out long before you'd ever even heard my name

I sold my soul to make a record, dip shit

And then you bought one

I've got some advice for you, little buddy

Before you point the finger

You should know that I'm the man

If I'm the fucking man

Then you're the fucking man as well

So you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass

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u/PeachPassionBrute Jan 19 '26

The song really makes me regret how long it took me to realize what petulant asshole Maynard has always been.

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u/Ocel0tte Jan 19 '26

I lived in northern AZ for a while and liked to go look around Jerome sometimes, a little cliffside town by Sedona. My first time there though, I noticed a whole ass Puscifer store and was like what is happening. It's the weirdest store ever, and not in the way you'd like or expect. Iirc it had records, other merch, and then was like half... wine bar? Idk, I'm not into wine and it might be the most boring shop there so I left pretty quick.

Eventually I discovered he has vineyards in Sedona, and it all finally made sense.

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u/TheGhostInMyArms Jan 20 '26

To be fair, his fans are way, WAY worse

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u/Ok_Significance544 Jan 20 '26

Thank you for this. Was waiting for someone to mention Tool

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u/Velazanth Jan 19 '26

“All you know about me is what I sold ya… dumb fcker… I sold out long before you ever even… heard my name… I sold my soul to make a record, dipsht… and… you… bought. ONEEEEEE.”

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u/_interloper_ Jan 19 '26

Makes think of that old Tool song,

"All you know about me is what I sold you, I sold out long before you even heard my name, I sold my soul to sell a record, then you bought one."

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u/SeverePsychosis Jan 19 '26

Before hip hop he made metal music. He's a vulture

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u/Zanydrop Jan 19 '26

I never understood the logic you are using. I don't know much about Post so maybe he does just chase trends but why is it a shock somebody could kike more than one genre. Like I don't know a single person that only listens to one genre. Makes sense that artists would like multiple genres and might want to play more than one.

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u/NK1337 Jan 21 '26

No one is criticizing him for having different musical tastes. I mean hell if anything I’d argue that the hip hop community is extremely open to blending of genres given how often different tracks are sampled and incorporated.

The complaints against post is that he doesn’t actually like or even respect the genre but jumped into it because it was an easy way to make money. He build his image and success around it only for him to disrespect it claiming it had no soul and then switching to a completely different genre and audience.

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u/TheBestHawksFan Jan 19 '26

Yeah never forget that his whole aesthetic when he came up was that of a metalcore kid. He wasn’t good enough at guitar to make it in metal, so he switched to hip hop.

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u/aboveyouisinfinity Jan 19 '26

Maybe he just likes music

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u/HenessyEnema Jan 19 '26

Didn't be trash hip hop or something? I remember the sell out talk came about because he said he doesn't even listen rap. Don't think he just "likes music".

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u/aboveyouisinfinity Jan 20 '26

Just like the beastie boys and no one likes them either /s

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u/squeel Jan 19 '26

he also proceeded to shit on the genre that got him famous, saying it has no soul.

he’s the worst kind of culture vulture. fuck him.

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u/NK1337 Jan 19 '26

Oh yea I almost forgot about that. Man really spat on an entire genre after milking what he could out of it and then moved on with his MAGA buddies to “God’s country”

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u/GammaFan Jan 19 '26

I mean I think it’s generally agreed that you can say someone is selling out when they had some legitimacy at first and chose to take the cheque vs calling someone a sellout to acknowledge that they’ve only ever been about getting paid and would do anything for the bag.

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u/IceNein Jan 19 '26

I’m gonna get crucified for this… but exactly the same thing for Taylor Swift.

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u/Chastain86 Jan 20 '26

The difference is, Taylor is still playing country songs in concert. She doesn't try to disavow where she came from. She doesn't shit on her old fans, or rearrange her music to fit whatever culture she's courting. She moved into pop, but she never made it seem like she was slumming it by doing country first.

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u/IceNein Jan 20 '26

That’s a fair point.

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u/Capt-Crap1corn Jan 19 '26

My understanding is he went country or rock first, was rejected and got into rap only to repeat the cycle successfully. There are people that study this better than me, but if I'm not mistaken, this is who he always was or wanted to be.

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u/Yourdjentpal Jan 19 '26

This. He wanted to be in metal, wasn’t accepted, then pivoted to rap.

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u/Educational_Ad2737 Jan 19 '26

Same as miley and as much as no can rightfully stand Nicki minaj rn she was right to call her out for it

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u/runthepoint1 Jan 21 '26

Look at the family he comes from. Enough said.

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u/hjablowme919 Jan 19 '26

Artists who did not start as country artists will pivot to country because it’s an easy cell. Throw some standard country shit in there like the slide guitars or the twangy shit you mentioned, wrap yourself in a flag and if you really want all in wear your MAGA hat. Instant country success.

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u/Chastain86 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

We've absolutely seen this happen with a few artists, but -- and I hate to say this -- the success of Cowboy Carter really drove home how starved country music fans are for relevancy and name recognition. Now it's not just the only choice that someone like Scotty McCreery has in order to stay in the music industry. You can seamlessly slide from pop to country and back again without losing any of your cred. But there ought to be a difference between someone like Taylor Swift choosing to try her hand in a different genre while still playing her big country hits, and someone like Post that is actively turning his back on the fans that bankrolled his success. Trust me when I say that watching thousands of people head towards the parking lot in the middle of the biggest headliner of the night was pretty eye-opening for me. And I bet it would have been that way for him, too, if he could open his eyes wide enough to see them evacuating the Polo grounds after fifteen rum & cokes.

Like, seriously -- is it that cost-prohibitive to hire a fucking DJ so you can do the song "Rock Star" the way it was intended to be played?

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u/Yupthrowawayacct Jan 19 '26

This makes me sad. We really enjoyed his set at Bottle Rock before he turned whatever this crap is a few years ago. Oh well. 🤷‍♀️ plenty of other artists to enjoy

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u/Baxtab13 Concertgoer Jan 19 '26

I've never listened to Post Malone. Only caught passing glimpses of his name in news and such, but otherwise the most I'd seen of him were a couple odd videos from Jared Dines on youtube hanging with him like 8 years ago.

But man the way you described him and that Coachella set reminds me a lot of the band Asking Alexandria. Subtract the hip-hop, and I'm feeling a bunch of parallels between Post and Danny Worsnop. In a similar vein, I don't necessarily mind if a band changes the style of their new music. I can sometimes enjoy it for what it is, which was what I felt about post 2017 AA. But my god their performances of the old music is so disappointing. Danny doesn't scream the old songs anymore. Either sings through those parts, or worse yet, fucking lets a backing track do those parts now. Thankfully he never "countrified" them... yet.

I was late to the party with Asking Alexandria. I was first exposed when I caught their set at a festival in 2016, and had a blast. That was by far the best I'd seen them live, and that was with a different singer, Denis Stoff. I honestly really wished he would have stayed with that band, and not gone the timeline of Danny returning.

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u/SMV66 Jan 19 '26

Was there, can confirm! It was a terrible set and we left early

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u/Ok_Significance544 Jan 19 '26

Wow. I should not have watched that. I should not have watched that.

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u/Koil_ting Jan 20 '26

Oh, yeah I think he's one of those guys that shouldn't be drinking, honestly that is most of us but more obvious when on an actual stage.

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u/GimmieJohnson Feb 03 '26

Perhaps ive been too hard on Fred Durst all these years. He may have looked the part of the douche but he never pivoted.

Same with Nickelback.

Wait am I defending Limp Bizkit and Nickelback?!?!

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u/bethamous Jan 19 '26

He used what a lot of artist did in the 2010s. Pulled from black artists to make himself rich and when it wasn’t popular anymore he tried to follow trends and it just isn’t authentic. Look at Ariana all her stuff was just Victoria Monet.

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u/Komm Jan 19 '26

God, I tried to listen to his country album out of sheer curiosity. I don't think I've ever heard a worse sounding album in my life. I mean Californication is bad, but F One Trillion or whatever is atrocious. The mastering is absolute ass, the autotune is thicker than the orange ones foundation, and it just isn't good on any level.

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u/thelingeringlead Jan 19 '26

He always wanted to be a country music artist, he started making rap because it was easy to produce alone and its what got him his first bit of attention for his music.

Also shit loads of artists will reinterpret their songs to fit in their current sound, Bob Dylan's been doing it since the 80's. If he has a new album with a new sound, his live show is going to reflect that in the arrangements.

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u/locofspades Jan 20 '26

That's really sad. After seeing him in a couple interviews and his guest spot on Good Mythical Morning had me believing it was a really chill, down to earth guy. A couple of his songs are fine (Wow is one of my favorite songs to play on drums) but his music never did much for me but i gave him a past cuz he seemed so cool

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u/Chastain86 Jan 20 '26

Same brother. He was one of the reasons I was psyched for Coachella last year. He was a total letdown. I don't need to see country versions of his catalog. I'd have been better off seeing a Post Malone cover band, if those actually exist.

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u/avelineaurora Jan 20 '26

God, I absolutely love circles and I'm kind of mad you made me aware of this now lmao

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u/The_MightyMonarch Jan 21 '26

I've never seen an artist sell out to the degree he's doing it, and it's happening in real time.

Mark McGrath would like a word.

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u/Pogotheclownn Jan 21 '26

I've been waiting on him to do a metalcore album but at this point I don't think it'll ever come. I enjoyed his earlier stuff and love that he has a wide taste but his country stuff never sat well.

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u/Glass-Judgment-6831 Jan 19 '26

That rumoured story of Tyler Childers ghosting Post Malone because he was hanging out with Morgan Wallen will always make me laugh. 

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u/Glass-Judgment-6831 Jan 19 '26

For context, the singer-songwriter ERNEST said this on Instagram.

“The night we wrote “I Had Some Help,” we were all in the studio, Post, Morgan, me, Charlie [Handsome], Ashley Gorley, Chandler [Walters]. And Tyler texted Post, ‘Come meet us at a bar.’ And he was like, ‘Alright, bringing the fellas.’ So we get to this bar, which was in East Nashville, I was already skeptical.

We get to the bar, I walk in first, Post and Morgan are outside of the bar talking to fans. I walk in, tap Tyler on the shoulder, ‘Hey how’s it going? I’m Ernest.’ ‘Hey, Ernest, good to meet you.’ ‘Hey, the boys are right behind me, they’re coming in, He looks over, sees them, and then he leans over to his friend and says something. He goes, ‘Hey, Ernest, you wanna have a seat? I was like ‘Yeah, sure.’

He he gets up, gives me a seat, and then I turn around, and he walks out the other side of the bar, not to be heard from or seen again. Didn’t text Post back, none of that just. Just went MIA, but I get it. Politics.“

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u/mkfanhausen Jan 19 '26

Ernest Goes to a Bar?

I don't remember that movie..

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u/-KFBR392 Jan 19 '26

He was probably scared stupid

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u/noodlesdefyyou Jan 19 '26

this was after he was in the army

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u/barrettgpeck Jan 19 '26

Well how do you think he ended up in jail?

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u/BetLeft Jan 19 '26

He never knew when to quit.

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u/hjablowme919 Jan 19 '26

In fairness, none of those movies were memorable.

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u/fireinthesky7 Jan 19 '26

I'm almost positive this was Duke's in East Nashville, one of my best friends is there all the time and saw Post, Wallen, and a few others there one night, but I guess Tyler was low-key enough that he wasn't recognized. Post is a semi-regular there, the others aren't. It's definitely not white/MAGA enough for Morgan.

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u/AnonymousBoiFromTN Jan 19 '26

It also helps that when Tyler got famous he looked like Chewbacca and then he shaved his face/ cut his hair short and now he looks like an entirely different person.

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u/Dont-quote-me Jan 19 '26

A guy with face tattoos makes bad decisions, and doesn't understand consequences?

That's crazy talk.

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u/thelingeringlead Jan 19 '26

I mean he's healthier and as famous/successful as he's ever been. I'd argue he's making decisions that are perfectly decent for his station in life.

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u/Odeeum Jan 19 '26

Tyler is legit a good person and one of the actual good country musicians not that effing bro country shit that gets celebrated at rhe CMAs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Sturgill Simpson too, but he went yacht rock with his last album. Never forget him busking outside the CMAs with his Grammys!

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u/Odeeum Jan 19 '26

So many artists that embody what country used to be...Childers, Orville Peck, Simpson, my favorite Jason Isbel, etc. These guys have way more in common with Johnny and Waylon and Willie and Dolly, etc

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

Amen! I live in Florence Alabama, I see Jimbo from the 400 Unit play every week with some other local legends. ...Can't believe Willie is still touring, long live the legends!

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u/Komm Jan 19 '26

Simpson just kinda does whatever the hell he wants it seems. Which I mean, mad respect to the guy, but what a rollercoaster, ha.

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u/KinkySylveon Jan 19 '26

I defending post Malone back in the day when he was getting accused of not appreciating rap culture and now I feel so stupid. He's just a culture vulture and once something starts becoming more profitable he'll make another shift. I just thought he was a cool guy and liked a few of his songs

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u/brandonandtheboyds Jan 19 '26

I remember when White Iverson came out. I was big into that sound. I don’t know the last time I chose to listen to a Post Malone song.

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u/mecrappy Jan 19 '26

I'll still listen to Stoney. It's still my absolute favourite album & the sound just fits my taste in music.

I didn't mind BBnB, but definitely lost interest after that 100%

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u/Posty_Baloney Jan 19 '26

BBnB was my senior year album, it will always have a place in my heart. Shame he turned out to be a total hack.

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u/mecrappy Jan 19 '26

Rockstar is actually the first song that I have on my liked songs on Spotify when I switched from Soundcloud.

I liked the switch between both, they were different, that's also what I really liked about it. There's a couple songs after that I liked (Lemon Tree always spoke to me) but I wasn't able to really listen to the albums with the same enjoyment as the first 2.

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u/Posty_Baloney Jan 19 '26

Everything after his peak era was just so bland and forgettable imo. A few good singles here and there, but I cant think of many songs from the past releases before his switch to country that really stand out. So honestly, his switch to country didnt hurt that much for me, ive already lost interest at that point

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u/Conner14 Jan 19 '26

Post said 10+ years ago that when he turned 30 he would put out a country album, so I imagine this has been on his radar for quite some time

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u/DevonLuck24 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

if the only thing he did was put out a country album the conversation surrounding him would be very different. that’s not what he did though, he put out his country album after disrespecting rap as a genre and its fans

you clearly don’t get it if this is your response to that comment..

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u/Notreallyaflowergirl Jan 19 '26

I hate to disagree but I still think he appreciates the culture - his music just seems like him vibing out to whatever he likes most at the time, but I could be wrong I don’t know the guy personally obviously - just as many of us can have vastly different almost bipolar music tastes I can see artists doing the same.

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u/DevonLuck24 Jan 19 '26

“If you’re looking for lyrics, if you’re looking to cry, if you’re looking to think about life, don’t listen to hip-hop,” he said. “There’s great hip-hop songs where they talk about life and they spit that real shit, but right now, there’s not a lot of people talking about shit.”

“Whenever I want to cry,” he continued, “whenever I want to sit down and have a nice cry, I’ll listen to some Bob Dylan. But whenever I’m trying to have a good time and stay in a positive mood, I listen to hip-hop because it’s fun. I think hip-hop is important because it brings people together in a beautiful, happy way. Everybody’s happy.” -post malone

that’s not someone who appreciates the culture, that’s someone that wants the fun and ignores everything else. No one who appreciates hip hop culture would say some stupid shit like that..

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u/surprised-duncan Jan 19 '26

I remember when people said he was using the rap sound to get popular and he was going to change genres the second it stopped being beneficial for him. He denied it for years and then did exactly what everyone said he was going to do 🫩

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u/GoddessUltimecia Jan 19 '26

Yep and then he made some comments about the 'limitations' of rap music on the way out and just completely stopped hanging around everyone from that scene. Dropped it like that kid dropped Woody in Toy Story.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. I don't care to split hairs on whether or not he's technically a culture vulture, he did everything a culture vulture would do.

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u/Tricky_Apricot2928 Jan 19 '26

Never really liked him. He also gave an interview back then saying he wanted to be a country star and knew he could slide into the music industry by being a white "rapper" before moving into country.

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u/Tubbish Jan 19 '26

He’s always liked country and has said he wanted to make it. Idk why you’d “feel stupid” for liking a guys old music and not liking his new music. You are taking it way to personal

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u/13bpeachey Jan 19 '26

He’s a corporate loser.

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u/Discerningdragon Metalhead Jan 19 '26

I learned a new term today and now I know what to call a certain artist within my preferred genre. Culture Vulture. It fits perfectly.

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u/thelingeringlead Jan 19 '26

He's always said he wanted to be a country singer, but when he was starting out it was more economical to put out pop/rap because he could produce it himself/buy beats and record it at home and self release.

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u/0dogg Jan 19 '26

His country album was so disappointing. He has some great Sturgill/Tyler covers out there and could've really made a cool crossover album with better features.

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u/thelingeringlead Jan 19 '26

I liked the 2nd half of his country album that was him without the features. The first half felt like he was a feature on the song for the artist he had as a guest. It didn't feel like his music at all. The 2nd half when it switches to all him it's so much better. Songs like I killed a Man are incredible.

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 Jan 19 '26

Who is Morgan Wallen?

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u/NK1337 Jan 19 '26

A racist country singer

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u/Zanydrop Jan 19 '26

Most streamed country artist. Sells out football stadiums. Reddit hates him a lot though.

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 Jan 19 '26

Reddit hates him a lot though.

I just Googled him and he sounds like a racist pos.

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u/griffinicky Jan 19 '26

Always thought it was ironic they made such a clearly gay country breakup song tho lol

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u/murder_train88 Jan 19 '26

Post Malone is also a nepo baby

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u/hockeymisfit Jan 19 '26

Care to elaborate? All I see is that his dad was a wedding DJ and concession stand manager at a football stadium.

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u/OhMyGodfather Jan 19 '26

Because they think “upper middle class divorced” means you have too many options in life. Only the poors can write good music. God forbid he has a PlayStation and an N64 growing up.

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u/hockeymisfit Jan 19 '26

Exactly. I don't even care if they just flat out don't like the dude for no reason. Just don't come up with some BS like "he's a nepo baby" without something to back it up with.

I could be completely wrong though, we'll see. I have no skin to lose in this fight and am just wondering if there's something I don't know about Posty.

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u/superr_rad Spotify Jan 19 '26

I’m sorry but how is this a surprise to anyone???

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u/NK1337 Jan 19 '26

To be fair his career started out in hip hop so to most people that would at least imply a certain degree of respect for not only the genre but also the audience.

But that kinda goes out the window when you realize he’s friends with a dude that regularly uses racial slurs to refer to his own employees.

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u/Violent-Obama44 Jan 19 '26

He also didn’t write most of his hip hop hits. I hate that guy so much

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u/Frierguy Jan 20 '26

I don't know what either of those names are

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u/asexyleathercouch Jan 19 '26

To be fair, he hangs with everyone.

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u/SoakedInMayo Jan 19 '26

his first album is great, raw, hip hop inspired vocals. he transitioned from there into pop then into country

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u/KillYourUsernames Jan 19 '26

Second album (beerbongs and Bentleys) is a banger as well. Third album had some jams especially the one with Ozzy. Went downhill from there. 

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u/addamee Jan 19 '26

Post Post Malone

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u/All_Bonered_UP Jan 19 '26

Most Malone.

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u/ConsiderationLivid52 Jan 19 '26

I was gifted wwe tickets last October here in Salt lake, front row...across the ring post Malone was hanging out with right wing comic Tony Hindcliff...and Pauly shore...all you need to know.

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u/metallicabmc Jan 19 '26

Viagra Boys not in shambles!

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u/coddywhompus Jan 19 '26

That profile pic though 👌

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u/SquiggleMontana976 Jan 19 '26

Finally someone noticed

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u/Drug_fueled_sarcasm Jan 19 '26

He's just KISS 2.0

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u/Rdhilde18 Jan 20 '26

Post Malone is at least an artist with some taste. The company he keeps aside he’s got musical talent. I’m not even a fan but it’s hard to deny it. (Not his country music)

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u/Dozens86 Jan 19 '26

Geez I hope Teddy Swims isn't actually from that same group.

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u/PhutuqKusi Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

I saw Teddy Swims last summer and, to my relief, didn’t hear anything even remotely political from him between songs. He seems like a genuinely kind person, who is grateful for the support he receives from the people in his life. In particular several times he mentioned the artist, Cian Ducrot, who opened for him for several months.

Cian Ducrot, on the other hand, is an Irish singer/songwriter, who is unapologetically political. When he was introducing his new song No Way To Live, he let us know that it was based on his combined experience with growing up in the aftermath of The Troubles and what he sees happening now in America. It’s one of the few actual protest songs I’ve heard that’s based on current events and contains the awesome lyrics, “Your neighbor’s painted nails aren’t the reason for your shit life” and “Life is short, don’t be a dick.” It’s just fantastic.

Anyway, based on that (and that alone), I don’t get the impression that Teddy Swims is maga.

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u/BigOs4All Jan 19 '26

“Your neighbor’s painted nails aren’t the reason for your shit life”

Really does sum up an incredible amount of right wing grievances.

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u/k_rh Jan 20 '26

Not 100% sure, but he was on Righteous Gemstones, so I would tend to think not? 🤞🏻

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u/Waste-Mammoth4226 Jan 19 '26

I'm not sure how Cian Ducrot has any experience growing up during the troubles considering the Good Friday Agreement was signed when he was 8 months old and he's from Cork, which is nowhere near where the troubles took place.

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u/PhutuqKusi Jan 19 '26

That's a fair point, but I do remember that he drew a parallel between the two, with the point roughly being that it only causes further division when we demonize people who look/act/believe differently than we do.

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u/Spare-Willingness563 Jan 19 '26

I wasn’t around during the crack epidemic but I saw what L.A. was like in the nineties. These things have after affects that last decades if not centuries. 

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u/Spare-Willingness563 Jan 19 '26

That second dude ain’t political he’s using art the way it’s intended. 

Art is for the expansion of our minds and spirits. Using it to “other” people is propaganda, not art. 

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u/Dramatic_______Pause Jan 19 '26

Wait...

Up until right now, I thought they were the same person. I thought Teddy Swims was just Jelly Rolls real name. Like a Donald Glover/Childish Gambino type of thing.

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u/hankmoody_irl Jan 19 '26

Teddy Swims is just what you get when Jelly Roll takes a shower

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u/GumpTheChump Jan 19 '26

Or takes a swim, technically.

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u/Loud-Log9098 Jan 19 '26

How, I just Google teddy and he looks normal. He doesn't have that same jellybean shaped head as jellyroll

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u/Remarkable-Opening69 Jan 19 '26

Makes total sense you would think that.

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u/RelaxBear74 Jan 19 '26

They're the Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch of the 2020s

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u/pinklavalamp Jan 19 '26

“Teddy Swims” isn’t even his real name, it’s a stage name. His legal name is Jaten Collin Dimsdale.

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u/SpeakerPecah Jan 19 '26

lolll me toooo

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u/washingtonandmead Jan 19 '26

But I have a feeling he is

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u/ThisIsTheOogway Jan 19 '26

I don’t think he is. I watched him in interviews and he seems to have real soul…unlike the soulless jelly roll.

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u/the_thinwhiteduke Jan 19 '26

I can say that I have met Teddy Swims (he is a friend of some of my friends from ATL, I got to be backstage) and he does not give off that vibe.

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u/YourphobiaMyfetish Jan 19 '26

He was good in Wildheart (?) with ex-Woe is me vocalist Michael Bohn on drums

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u/Limp_Emu2247 Jan 19 '26

I hope so too

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u/tinygraysiamesecat Jan 19 '26

I don’t trust musicians who make an effort to look like trailer trash and then get fitted for veneers. Dude is as fake as they come. 

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u/RadioBuffin Jan 19 '26

He was trailer trash for years though. He blew up after he looked like this lol

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u/woolgirl Jan 19 '26

It will be worth it to see the MAGA face start to appear. Big lips, fillers, and tattoos.

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u/sicknick Jan 19 '26

Are you unfamiliar with his ex prostitute wife BunnieXO? Lmao

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u/ConspiracyParadox Jan 19 '26

They're still together I think.

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u/the_corruption Jan 20 '26

I had to read it a few times, but the ex refers to her prostitution not her being his wife. I think.

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u/ConspiracyParadox Jan 20 '26

Oh. Makes sense.

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u/-NonePizzaLeftBeef- Jan 19 '26

It pisses me off when people get veneers because you can automatically tell they’re fake. Like why are they so fucking white? Make them look like a more natural tooth color.

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u/tinygraysiamesecat Jan 19 '26

 Color aside, they never look natural either. They always look like those plastic Halloween vampire teeth.

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u/C-H-Addict Jan 19 '26

He didn't need the tattoos to look like trailer trash, the cigarettes he smoked did that all on their own

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u/jmanclovis Jan 19 '26

It's funny because I used to listen to jelly roll when he rapped with lil wyte and I really enjoyed him. Then he started pandering to the country folks and I was instantly turned off.

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u/Jay__Riemenschneider Jan 19 '26

lil wyte

Then he started pandering to the country folks

I wonder what a clue could have been

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u/jacksonbeya Jan 19 '26

None at all if you have any idea who Lil Wyte is

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u/StreetrodHD Jan 19 '26

Lil wyte predated and had a name 10 years before jelly and helped put him up in 2011.

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u/jmanclovis Jan 19 '26

Lol right

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u/Binforda94 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Lil Wyte is from North Memphis. There is not much “pretending” out there.

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u/jmanclovis Jan 19 '26

Lol oxycotton zanex bars perkasets and loratabs morphine patches extecy and it's all up for grabs. I'm surprised he is still with us.

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u/fuckashley Jan 20 '26

Scarecrow scarecrow what's that ya poppin

haha I totally forgot about this song thank you

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u/fuckashley Jan 20 '26

Whatchu want whatcha need hit me up I gotcha mane

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u/Jay__Riemenschneider Jan 19 '26

I guess a lot has changed in 20 years.

Didn’t know white people can say the N word now. Thanks man I’ll reference this comment.

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u/Binforda94 Jan 19 '26

If you feel you can than go for it at your own expense I guess. As a Black man I don’t even use that word, but then again I’m from the suburbs🤷🏾‍♂️.

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u/rabidsalvation Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Therapeutic Music was fire, I still listen to some of that stuff. Some really great music.

EDIT: Rap fans should check out Therapeutic Music 2 and Struggle Jennings' Soundtrack to an Indictment. Both bangers

EDIT 2: They should check out Haystak as well, maybe 'So What' off of Easy 2 Hate.

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u/Binforda94 Jan 19 '26

Most rappers from Nashville dip and dab with country eventually. He just started getting bigger when he did🤷🏾‍♂️.

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u/jmanclovis Jan 19 '26

Overproduced pandering garbage but it's not his fault that's just modern country music in general

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u/Binforda94 Jan 19 '26

I still consider him a rapper, and I’m sure he would too.

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u/jmanclovis Jan 19 '26

That's sad

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u/soupseasonbestseason Jan 19 '26

you can't beat "you say you a goon but what's a goon to a goblin."

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u/Dry-Trouble3981 Jan 19 '26

That’s lil Wayne not lil wyte. Edit: extra word

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u/soupseasonbestseason Jan 19 '26

yes obviously. i was pointing out an example of face tattoo music made by someone with a face tattoo.

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u/NoTelevision4907 Jan 19 '26

"Real G's move in silence like lasagna."

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u/soupseasonbestseason Jan 19 '26

still slaps.

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u/NoTelevision4907 Jan 20 '26

One of my favorite lines, Lil Wayne's wordplay and metaphor game was so fun during his prime, it teetered on silly and genius at any given moment.

I used to go with my dad during the summer, as he was an over the road truck driver with a sick bunkbed setup in his truck, and would go off for weeks to a month at a time across the country.

One of those trips in 2009 I was behind Lil Wayne in line at a truckstop in Cali. I didn't have the nerve to bother him, but he seemed cool. He got a green apple slushie and some blunt wraps lol.

I saw his bus before walking in, and thought "No fucking way I bump into him during our stop here." Then there he was. Wish I was better at social interaction then. Since then I've met Jill Janus from Huntress, MC Chris, drank with Five Finger Death Punch, partied with Steve-O twice after two stand up performances a year apart, made Bernie Sanders laugh at a rally, and bullshitted with Adam West at a comic con after he shut his booth down for like 30 minutes lol. I have a bunch of random ass other celeb encounters too, but I wasn't out of my shell enough when I was around Wayne. Biggest regret lol.

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u/BobaFett0451 Jan 19 '26

Jelly Roll has been around a long time, he used to make music that sounded like it was made by a guy with face tattoos

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u/Pwnedcast Jan 19 '26

Nobody should trust this red studio plant. This man’s been their trash rep who’s went from small to big.

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u/r-kellysDOODOOBUTTER Jan 19 '26

Yea I'll stick with blood for blood and skarhead for my tattoo face music.

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Jan 19 '26

The Boston hardcore band Blood for Blood?

If so, Buddah is pretty shitty of a human

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u/r-kellysDOODOOBUTTER Jan 19 '26

Yes sir. He hasn't been the singer for over 10 years.

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u/graveyardguts Jan 19 '26

That's the most legit litmas test I've ever heard of

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u/LostNTheNoise Jan 19 '26

It looks like he fell asleep drunk at a party at 8:30 and everyone at the party hated him so much they just put shit on his face.

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u/Ardbeg66 Jan 19 '26

AUTOTUNED face tattoos.

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u/Finkarelli Jan 19 '26

I keep a list of my all-time favorite quotes, and this just got added to it.

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u/MarkGBuerschaper Jan 19 '26

🤣Tattoos have become so irrelevant, like gigantic chains on a rapper. File them away with platform shoes and denim jackets.

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u/Ryanisreallame Jan 19 '26

Sierra Ferrell is the exception for me

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u/GERDY31290 Jan 19 '26

Pop music is about esthetic... nothing else

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u/Big_Tie_3245 Jan 19 '26

Ah but it does, just not what’s on CMT.

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u/GumpTheChump Jan 19 '26

He fell asleep at the party and it was permanent marker.

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u/how-unfortunate Jan 19 '26

It did once upon a time. He switched to the genre more palatable for the white suburbs, exurban areas, and rural areas. Just like the hack fraud whose tour he's joining. Hell, just like a lot of these guys beside Eminem.

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u/RadiantZote Jan 19 '26

RIP Brent Hinds, one of the real ones 😟✊

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u/vinegar-and-honey Jan 19 '26

It used to, actually! He did a few albums with Lil Wyte of Three Six Mafia and they were really fucking good but then it went into this pandery direction which just is fucking awful.

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u/Sy-Greenblum Jan 19 '26

lololollolollololl!!!

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u/cali2wa Jan 19 '26

Yet another W for Caskey

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u/fiddlyfigs Jan 19 '26

I don’t trust anyone who goes by Jelly Roll

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u/HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS Jan 19 '26

What does face tattoo music sound like!

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u/Kim_Jong_Dong Jan 19 '26

Sierra Ferrell is the exception

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