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Per Bylund

Posted 11 hours ago

Jeff McMullen writes on the concept of quality in research and how it is often misunderstood.

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Lessons from Country-Rap

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Feb 18

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Country singer, Jelly Roll cleaned up at the Grammys in January 2026. Clearly, Jelly Roll's music has found a market and opened doors for future entertainers by blending music genres. Known as "country rap", "hick-hop," or "cross-country," his music blends country with rap in a way that was once mocked by both fans of country and rap.

He isn't the first to "Boot Scoot Boogie" across genres, as evidenced by Brooks & Dunn, who broke the country purist mold amid controversy in the 90s, or the Bellamy Brothers, who tried, only to see their streak of number one hits end in 1987 as their song "Country Rap" barely reached No. 31 on country radio. Equally skeptical of this genre-blending were rap artists and fans who viewed country music as the Appalachian antithesis of rap's urban origins.

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