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D.I.V.O.R.C.E
$10million payment - with $5m to her and
$5m to Black Lives Matter.
Country Lady A are not demanding any
payment and are asserting their rights to
the Lady A trademark they have held since
2011. In a statement they said, “We are sad
to share that our sincere hope to join together
with Anita White in unity and common
purpose has ended.”
White stated, “If you’re going to appropriate
my name, I thought it was only fair I could
rebrand myself with $5 million.”
She further stated, “Five million dollars is
nothing, and I’m actually worth more than
that, regardless of what they think. But here
we go again with another white person trying
to take something from a black person, even
though they say they’re trying to help.
“If you want to be an advocate or an ally,
you help those who you’re oppressing. And
that might require you to give up something,
because I am not going to be erased.”
Chart-topping traditional independent artist
and Outlaw hero Cody Jinks was moved to
rant on Facebook after inadvertently hearing
Sam Hunt’s Hard To Forget single.
“I guess I’m just behind the times,” he
began. “I don’t keep up with what’s going on
with mainstream radio serving any format. I
turned that shit off years ago when I heard
how bad the major market stations from
most every genre were caving to big labels
and playing trash. Trash rock, trash country,
trash r&b, trash metal, etc. I don’t make fun
of people for what record labels make them
sing, I simply chose not to be one of those
people, cool.
“However, I was waiting at the dentist
office today and they had on a pop country
station. That’s fine, but I thought that when
the iconic Webb Pierce song There Stands
The Glass came on there might be a ray of
sunshine. Then the sample went off and I
heard the biggest piece of shit I’ve heard in
a long time. I didn’t know who it was but I
was pissed. So much in fact that my blood
pressure went up and the dental staff had
to wait till it went down to start on me. For
the love of God, please stop incorporating
classic Country samples into shit songs. It’s
not paying homage, it’s a slap in the face.”
reality rascal
Look out for Rascal Flatts bassist Jay
DeMarcus and his family who are going to be
starring in a Netflix original TV series. He wrote
on Instagram, “Well y’all… we’ve got some big
news,” he wrote. “We have a new show on @
Netflix! #DeMarcusFamilyRules premieres
Wednesday, August 19 and is a behind the
scenes, unfiltered look at our crazy life.”
Kacey Musgraves and her singer-songwriter
husband Ruston Kelly, both 31, have
announced they are to divorce after two years
of marriage. A statement from the couple read,
“Though we are parting ways in marriage, we
will remain true friends for the rest of our lives.
We hold no blame, anger, or contempt for
each other and we ask for privacy and positive
wishes for us both as we learn how to navigate
through this.”
Country couple Michael Ray and Carly Pearce
are calling it quits after just eight months of
marriage. The Every Little Thing singer filed for
divorce from Ray on June 19 although there
has still been no official statement from the
couple. We understand it is not “quarantine
related.”.
Also splitting up but opting for a ‘concious
uncoupling’ are Darius Rucker and his wife of
20 years, Beth Leonard. Darius, 54, and Beth,
42, are the parents of daughter Daniella, 19,
and son Jack, 15. Rucker is also the father
of 25-year-old daughter from a previous
relationship.
Along with a photo of the couple Rucker stated
in a post, “Beth and I would like to share that
after much reflection we have made the decision
to consciously uncouple. We remain close
friends and parenting partners and continue to
be each other’s biggest cheerleaders.”
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