Country star under fire for blasting Beyonce in foul-mouthed tirade after she beat him on the charts
In a foul-mouthed tirade this week, Adcock, 26, unleashed on the Texas Hold 'Em hitmaker during one of his concerts, claiming that she wasn't a real country singer.
His rant seemed to be spurred on by her album Cowboy Carter ranking higher than his debut, titled My Own Worst Enemy, on Apple Music's Country chart.
Cowboy Carter was ranking at No. 3 on the chart, while Adcock's record was one spot behind at No. 4.
Discussing the albums that were beating his on the chart, Adcock said, 'One of them's Beyoncé — you can tell her we're coming for her f***ing a**!'
'That s**t ain't country music and it ain't ever been country music, and it ain't gonna be country music,' he continued while raising a bottle of booze to the crowd.
In a follow-up video on Instagram, Adcock complimented Beyonce by calling her 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show 'pretty kicka** back in the day', before doubling down and stating that her album 'shouldn't be labeled as country music'.
'It doesn't sound country, it doesn't feel country,' he continued.
'I just don't think that people who have dedicated their whole lives to this genre and this lifestyle should have to compete or just watch that album stay at the top just because she's Beyonce.'
The video was flooded with comments from enraged Beyonce fans, with some accusing Adcock of benefiting from white privilege.
'Sounds about [white], when y'all can't compete, y'all try to exclude, that's the MO,' wrote one.
'Post Malone did the same thing she did, what's the difference?' asked another.
'Black folks didn't say things like this about Sam Smith, Adele, Pink, Eminem, Paul Wall, Bubba Sparks, Post Malone and all the ones before them when they hit the R&B and rap charts. Why all the hate?' a third commented.
A fourth wrote, 'Is she not an artist? Can she not make the music? What's the difference between white artists making 'hip hop' that is nothing but pop music with 808s in it? They get to take over the charts but the moment a black person crosses over and does it it's an issue.'
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album has divided music fans since its release last year.
The critically-acclaimed project won Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards, but was completely snubbed at country-centric awards shows like the CMAs and ACMAs.
Meanwhile, Adcock previously spent the night in the Oconee County Jail after being put in handcuffs on Interstate 40 for violating the open container of alcohol law and reckless driving.
The 26-year-old country crooner - who's famed for shotgunning beers - was arrested in May 11:15pm by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
After five hours, Gavin posted $1K bond upon his release Thursday at 4:34am.
Just one month prior, the Back to this Bar singer shared a video of himself responding to criticism that he drinks too much, saying 'God forbid I have hobbies.'
On Gavin's new single On One, he sings: 'I didn't grab the bottle, yeah, the bottle grabbed me / I'll be riding this train till the sun starts to creep / Gotta woman of the night hanging onto my hip / Gotta Miller in her hand and a smoke on her lip.'
On his 2024 track Sober, he repeatedly sings the line in the chorus: 'Whoa, I don't wanna be sober.'
'Take a left right over the tracks, we're gettin' drunk tonight,' Adcock's lyrics read.
'The horses left stables, there's bloodshot in my eyes / Woman gone, I need Patron and the spirit under the neon light / So take a left right over the tracks, we're gettin' drunk tonight.'
And it wasn't the Georgia native's first brush with the law as he tweeted about a prior arrest in 2023: 'Went to jail one time because of a suspended license, sat in there for 10 hours and made friends with my cell mates.'
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