Morgan Wallen's racial slur prompts a reckoning in country
Advertisement It’s a notable and swift shift for an industry that had, just a day before, elevated him to the very top of the Music Row pyramid. Wallen, 27, was breaking records with his “Dangerous: The Double Album,” with three consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart and 240 million streams in its first week. It was organic to some degree, but also came with unparalleled support: He had the muscle of a partnership between his Nashville label, Big Loud, and the New York-based home to Taylor Swift, Republic Records, as well as almost universal media coverage — e...
Source: latimes.com
