At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff ...

Back when hip-hop was seeping out of New York City and becoming the soundtrack of urban American, red states preferred the rootsy melodies of country music. In those years, the idea of combining the ...

Singer-songwriter Graham Barham discusses how Nashville's pop-aimed country interests are bridging country music, hip-hop culture.

A crowded bar, copious drinking, a strummed guitar and a chorus that will make even abstainers want to shout along: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has it all, which explains why it’s vying for ...

Shaboozey is having quite the star turn of a year. It’s the type of trajectory that budding artists dream of and veteran acts envy. I mean, who else has been featured on a Beyoncé album (twice) and ...

After Morgan Wallen, Lil Nas X and Shaboozey, Nashville is going hip-hop yet again. “Oil Money” by Graham Barham is the latest example of a long lineage, our critic explains from the driver’s seat.