“People always say, 'There are plenty of black country artists out there! There is Charley Pride! Darius Rucker!' That's all they can name. They don't understand what we go through, and a lot of people who are fans of traditional country music, as they call it, look at us and aren't going to say, 'Y'all like country music.'”

American country singer and songwriter

Kane Brown is an American country singer and songwriter who rose to a wide audience through social media. He was born in 1993, and his early releases quickly established him on the country scene. Brown released the EP Closer in 2015, then the single "Used to Love You Sober". After signing with RCA Nashville in 2016, he issued Chapter 1 and later his self-titled debut album, which produced "What Ifs". In 2017, he became the first artist to hold number one on all five main Billboard country charts at the same time. His 2018 album Experiment reached number one on the Billboard 200.