In the TikTok video, a drunk and slurring Adcock is wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, jeans, and a white cowboy hat.
He can be seen telling the audience:
“You can tell her we’re coming for her f–king ass… That s–t ain’t country music, and it ain’t ever been country music, and it ain’t gonna be country music.”
The audience, with their camera phones out, appeared to cheer on the so-called country singer as he kept playing some “southern f–king rock.”
The video can be seen below:
Adcock, known for his drunken rants and wild stage antics, was born in Athens, Georgia. He is recognized for albums titled “Bonfire Blackout,” “A Cigarette,” and “Actin’ Up Again.”
Unlike Beyoncé, who was left out of this year’s American Country Music awards, Adcock was nominated (but lost) for the 60th ACM Awards’ New Artist of the Year. Notably, rapper and singer Post Malone earned his first-ever CMA nominations with Morgan Wallen for the song “I Had Some Help.”
This is not the first (or the last) time Beyoncé and her music have faced criticism from the country music crowd. During the 2016 Country Music Awards, Beyoncé described feeling unwelcome during her criticized performance of “Daddy Lessons” with the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks.
That experience motivated her to create her Act II album, Cowboy Carter:
“It [Cowboy Carter] was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive.”
Doubling down on the comments he made during his live performance, Adcock took to Instagram on Monday to “clear things up” by explaining why Beyoncé’s music shouldn’t be labeled “country.”
In the post, he said:
“But I really don’t believe her album should be labeled as country music. It doesn’t sound country, it doesn’t feel country, and I just don’t think that people that have dedicated their whole lives to this genre and this lifestyle should have to compete or watch that album just stay at the top just because she’s Beyoncé.”
You can watch the entire video below:
Adcock’s one-sided feud with Beyoncé comes as she begins the final leg of the historic Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour, which has grossed over $305 million and sold 1.2 million tickets across 24 shows. The tour and the album’s success have surpassed Beyoncé’s own records, making it the highest-grossing single-venue engagement by a female artist in history.
Unlike Adcock’s albums, Cowboy Carter has topped the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, with her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The single also makes Beyoncé the first Black woman to top the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony.
No wonder Adcock sounds bitter…
Shortly after his rant went viral, fans took to social media to criticize Adcock’s entitlement to country music:
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Adcock has yet to respond to the criticism of his double-downed Instagram post. His 24-song album “Own Worst Enemy” is set to release on August 15th.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour is set to headline in Washington, D.C., for July 4th at the Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to rant about his technical difficulties during a teleconference with his Christian nationalist backers.
He wrote:
"I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly. This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!"
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Trump added:
"I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call. AT&T ought to get its act together. Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we’ll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing!"
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The Trump administration's current White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, shared an uncaptioned screenshot of Trump's first rant on X, where someone outside Trump's MAGA minions might see it.
AT&T did see it on X and responded accordingly.
"We've reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation."
But it turns out it was what tech support calls a PICNIC error: Problem In Chair, Not In Carrier.
Usually that last C is for Computer, but the acronym still works. It wasn't an AT&T problem, it was a Trump problem.
AT&T shared:
"Following up—Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network. Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future."
People were less than sympathetic to Trump's struggles.
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And some wondered if this wasn't a way to launch Trump Mobile for all future White House conference calls.
AT&T shares temporarily went down on high volume after Trump's post got noticed—after Leavitt amplified it.
Trump's teleconference tantrum about AT&T fell two weeks after Eric and Donald Trump Jr.—on behalf of the Trump Organization—unveiled Trump Mobile, a licensed deal for a mobile phone service that also sells a $499 Gold Trump branded T1 smartphone.
Coincidence?
Considering the source and his business fraud history, manipulating the market from the White House isn't an unrealistic scenario.
