Margo Price Condemns Jason Aldean over Controversial 2015 Blackface Photo

Margo Price has actually signed up with the discussion surrounding Jason Aldean’s questionable “Try That in a Small Town” video clip.

The “Hands of Time” vocalist required to Twitter on Wednesday (July 19) to share a picture and also an equivalent The Guardian tale from 2015, in which Aldean is seen posturing amongst a team of pals at an outfit event clothed as Lil Wayne (verified by the magazine), putting on blackface and also dreadlocks. “Just popping on here to say Jason Aldean is a clown,” she created of the culturally offending act. “What else do y’all expect from a man who wore black face in 2015?”

See Price’s blog post here.

Billboard spoke to Aldean of the blackface image at the time. “In this day and age people are so sensitive that no matter what you do, somebody is going to make a big deal out of it,” he reacted. “Me doing that had zero malicious intent … I get that race is a touchy subject, but not everybody is that way. Media tends to make a big deal out of things. If that was disrespectful to anyone, I by all means apologize. That was never my intention. It never crossed my mind.”

On Tuesday (July 18), the country vocalist replied to current insurance claims that “Try That in a Small Town” is pro-gun, pro-violence and also a “modern lynching song.” The tune tests those that “pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store” or “cuss out a cop” to, as the title recommends, attempt those activities in a town and also “see how far ya make it down the road.” The tune’s video clip attributes video footage of American flag burning, militants having battles with authorities, looters damaging a case and also burglars burglarizing a corner store.

“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to a comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” Jason created in his statement. “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage- and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.” 

CMT has actually considering that drawn the video clip from its turning after running it for 3 days, Billboard verified, and also Aldean’s spouse Brittany came to his defense. On the various other hand, celebrities like Sheryl Crow have actually signed up with Price in speaking out against Jason Aldean’s option to carry out and also launch a tune like “Try That in a Small Town.”

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