Blanco Brown spoke out against accusations of racism leveled at fellow country singer Jason Aldean.Amid the backlash against Aldean over the music video for his song «Try That in a Small Town,» Brown took to Twitter on Thursday to defend the musician.Brown wrote, in a since-deleted tweet, that «Aldeans [streams] Are Gonna Go Through The Roof» due to the uproar over the video, which many have accused of promoting racism and racial violence.«I hate the words to that song but I don’t believe he’s a racist,» Brown wrote. "[He was] one of the first to check on me in my time of need!
Just bad song writing.«Brown was likely referring to his near-fatal motorcycle accident in August 2022 that left him hospitalized and required emergency surgery and treatment.
It's unclear at the time what prompted Brown to delete the tweet sharing his support for the singer.The song — which was released in May — really sparked controversy with its music video, which was released last week.
The video was filmed in front of the massive American flag displayed on the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee — the site of the 1927 lynching of Henry Choate.The music video is interlaced with clips of protestors vandalizing cities in the wake of police brutality and racial unrest during the height of the pandemic.
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