Kane Brown says his race ‘ Does Matter’ as a country Artist

It’s hard to deny that Kane Brown is at the top of his game right now. With simultaneous No. 1s on all five of Billboard’s country music charts, being the first artist to achieve that, and has made an indelible mark on the country scene. Still, the artist admits there are people who are surprised by his success and he believes it’s because he is a biracial artist.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Brown relates a story: “There was a woman the other day saying that it’s awesome to see someone bringing back ’90s country, but she was not expecting me to be the guy to do it,” he recalls. “And my first question was, ‘Why?’ I’m doing the same thing as everyone else in country music. So why am I the one you don’t expect?” Brown says he doesn’t like to call up “the race card,” as he puts it, but he can’t deny it is significant. “Right now, [my race] does matter,”.

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