As Beyoncé was putting the finishing touches to her version of the Star Spangled Banner Monday night (4/28) at SoFi Stadium, an enormous ALL CAPS message blared on the ten-story screen behind her.
In red, it read: Never ask permission for something that already belongs to you.
Many are saying it means, Black musicians shouldn’t flinch when critics ask why artists like Beyoncé or Shaboozey or Brittney Spencer or Mickey Guyton or Reyna Roberts or Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr. (of the War and Treaty) dare to sing Country songs.
It is now commonly known and agreed upon that Country music developed alongside the blues, a genre pioneered by Black musicians.
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