The number of Black artists currently surging into country music’s mainstream is unquestionably unprecedented; however, Black artists’ current success in country music is not.
Country music is full of amateur athletes who dreamed of playing in the NFL, MLB or NHL. Here are 11 who gave up a professional athlete's paycheck for the dream of making country music.
Charley Pride was the first African-American country music singer to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and recently TasteOfCountry.com told us about his new single 'Except For You' click here to hear it.