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Luke Combs Apologizes For Past Use Of Confederate Flag: 'There Is No Excuse'

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Country music is having a racism reckoning. It began with Morgan Wallen, currently the #1 country artist, getting caught on video casually using the N-word.

A slew of professional consequences followed for Wallen as an individual, but the incident also opened a wider conversation about ongoing racism in the genre as a whole.

This includes everything from how non-white artists get played far less on country radio to the use of actively racist symbols, like the Confederate flag. Related: Wallen Urges Fans To Stop Defending Him Following N-Word Controversy Around the same time Wallen’s scandal broke, Luke Combs released a new track, The Great Divide, with lyrics about political division in the US.

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