Beyoncé followers are coming for Gavin Adcock, who fired up controversy throughout a current live performance when he took intention on the 35-time Grammy winner and her chart-topping album Cowboy Carter at a current present.

“There’s solely three individuals in entrance of me on the Apple Music nation charts,” Adcock instructed the group. “And considered one of ’em is Beyoncé. You may inform her we’re coming for her f#####’ ass.”

He adopted up with, “That s### ain’t nation music, and it ain’t by no means been nation music, and it ain’t by no means gonna be nation music.”

After the uproar, Adcock tried to clarify his stance on Instagram, saying he grew up listening to Beyoncé and even praised her Tremendous Bowl efficiency. “Once I was slightly child, my mama was blasting some Beyoncé within the automobile. I’ve heard a ton of Beyoncé songs, and I truly bear in mind her Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present being fairly kick-ass again within the day,” he wrote. “However I actually don’t consider her album ought to be labeled as nation music. It doesn’t sound nation, it doesn’t really feel nation, and I simply don’t assume that folks which have devoted their entire lives to this style and this way of life ought to should compete or watch that album simply keep on the high simply because she’s Beyoncé.”

He ended his caption with a blunt abstract: “It simply isn’t nation.”

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The Georgia-born nation artist’s remarks rapidly ignited a wave of backlash on-line, with social media customers accusing him of gatekeeping and a few claiming his remarks have been rooted in racism.

One Instagram person wrote, “If it wasn’t for mentioning Beyoncé none of us would even know you. That was an area bar you have been at? She’s at ARENAS (offered out) singing COUNTRY.”

One other added, “It takes 5 minutes of analysis to search out out who created nation music. Simply since you gentrify it, doesn’t make it yours nor the authority determine of who can create music underneath stated style.”

A 3rd particular person identified the racial double normal in genre-crossing, saying, “Black of us didn’t say issues like this about Sam Smith, Adele, Pink, Eminem, Paul Wall, Bubba Sparks, Publish Malone and all those earlier than them after they hit the R&B and rap charts. Why all of the hate?”

Regardless of Adcock’s criticism, Cowboy Carter continues to dominate the nation charts and streaming platforms.

Nonetheless, Beyoncé acquired no nominations on the 2024 Nation Music Affiliation Awards, reigniting debates about racial bias and exclusion within the style.

Nevertheless Cowboy Carter gained finest County Album and Album of the 12 months on the 2025 Grammy Awards

This isn’t the primary time Beyoncé has confronted resistance from the nation music world. Her 2016 CMA efficiency of “Daddy Classes” was met with comparable pushback, and the music was later denied entry into Grammy nation classes.

Addressing that historical past straight, Beyoncé stated, “[Cowboy Carter] was born out of an expertise that I had years in the past the place I didn’t really feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t.”

She added, “However, due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of Nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive.”

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