Luke Combs’s remake of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit "Fast Car" now dominates the country charts, renewing difficult conversations about diversity in Nashville.

Combs’s remake of Chapman’s 1988 hit now dominates the country charts, renewing difficult conversations about diversity in Nashville. Although many are thrilled to see “Fast Car” back in the spotlight and a new generation discovering Chapman’s work, it’s clouded by the fact that, as a Black queer woman, Chapman, 59, would have almost zero chance of that achievement herself in country music.

    • flossdaily@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Could it be because she sang blues, rich, soul, folk, and not country?

      Was she also blacklisted by the gangsta rap community?