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Country music star Kane Brown has opened up about the racism he experienced during the early days of his career.
During a recent appearance on Logan Paul's "Impaulsive" podcast, Brown revealed that songwriters in country music circles refused to work with him because he was Black.
“Oh, yeah,” Brown said when asked if he had faced racism in the industry. “I remember, I ain’t gonna say a name because I don’t want to throw him under the bus, but there was one writer that said he wouldn’t write with me because I’m black.”
Brown said he later confronted the writer, who apologized to him in a bar. However, the country music star noted that the incident wasn't a one-off.
“There’s another big writer who had like 30 number ones that said the same thing,” Brown recalled.
The singer explained that these incidents occurred during the early stages of his career, when he was sharing covers on Facebook and before he received major label deals and platinum records.
Brown, whose albums have landed in the Top 5 of the US charts since 2016, recalled the "big writer" backtracking on his comments when his career began to grow.
“He apologized whenever we blew up and was trying to write with me, but I said no," Brown said.
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