I felt excluded from country music until Beyoncé and ‘Cowboy Carter’ broke down that door

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Ebony Wiggins
July 8, 2024
Nashville Tennessean
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Beyoncé has turned me, a non-country music supporter, into not only a fan of country music, but a fan of Beyoncé’s form of country music. And the rest of the country music genre should follow her direction to keep people like me interested, which will enhance and expand country music’s fan base.

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