Country music was quick to react after Morgan Wallen issued a racial slur earlier this month. Country radio dropped him, his label suspended his contract, the ACM Awards removed him from the list of potential nominees, and many were quick to denounce his actions. But according to several country music artists, there is still more — much more —…
More than a week after video surfaced of Morgan Wallen using a racial slur, the troubled singer is speaking out. In a video, shared on social media and posted on YouTube, Wallen gave a lengthy apology for his actions. “I’m long overdue to make a statement regarding my last incident. I wanted to collect my thoughts, seek some real…
Jimmie Allen has spoken out after Morgan Wallen experienced a swift — and necessary — fall from grace, following video surfacing of him uttering a racial slur. While Wallen has reaped consequences for his actions, including losing airplay on Cumulative Media and iHeartRadio stations, the removal of his music from CMT, and his contract with Big Loud Records suspended…
The hits keep coming for Morgan Wallen following a video surfacing of him using a racial slur. The 27-year-old, whose Dangerous: The Double Album project had just broken a streaming record held by Luke Combs, will be ineligible for consideration for the 2021 ACM Awards, according to a statement by the Academy of Country Music. “The Academy of Country…
Morgan Wallen is now reaping the consequences of using a racial slur. The 27-year-old saw his career come to a screeching halt after video appeared, via TMZ, of Wallen using the N-word when speaking to one of his friends. The incident took place after a group appeared to be arriving at his house following what seemed to be a…
In spite of his soaring success, music was always a distant Plan B for Morgan Wallen. The Tennessee native originally had plans of being a professional baseball player — and was well on his way to achieving that goal, when an elbow injury put a permanent end to those aspirations. Although now grateful for the way his life turned…
Morgan Wallen learned he was famous the hard way. The 27-year-old had no idea he was a major celebrity, until videos surfaced of him partying ahead of what was supposed to be his debut Saturday Night Live performance. Although that appearance was canceled (and later rescheduled) because Wallen failed to follow COVID-19 safety protocols, Wallen says the moment became…
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album, is out now. The ambitious 30-track project was recorded largely during the pandemic, with the title inspired, at least in part, by his own personal troubles he got into last year, including an arrest for disorderly conduct. “I wrote that song after I got into a little bit of trouble,” Wallen tells ABC…
Morgan Wallen just earned a platinum-selling, No. 1 hit with “More Than My Hometown.” The song, from his upcoming Dangerous: The Double Album, was written by Morgan, along with HARDY, Ernest K. Smith, and Ryan Vojtesak, and inspired in part by his love of his hometown of Sneedville, Tennessee, something that HARDY, who is from Philadelphia, Mississippi, related to…
Morgan Wallen is the reigning CMA New Artist of the Year, a well-deserved honor after having two platinum-selling, No. 1 hits with both “Chasin’ You” and “More Than My Hometown.” Morgan won in an impressive category that also included Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett, and Carly Pearce, and admits he never expected to walk away with the trophy….
