The 2026 iHeartCountry Festival in Austin showcased both traditional country acts and the growing country-rap crossover trend, with artists like Shaboozey sharing the bill alongside genre mainstays.

Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug continues his journey into the country music world with the release of his newest collaboration with Shaboozey, off his now-officially named upcoming country-rap EP. BigX ...

BigXthaPlug didn’t set out to become country music’s favorite rapper. When he first heard the twangy, western guitar loop that would become his breakout 2022 single “Texas,” he thought it sounded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the last few years, over a few decent mixtapes, BigX built a reputation as the torchbearer of Texas storytelling rap. He’s got ...

Shaboozey is having quite the star turn of a year. It’s the type of trajectory that budding artists dream of and veteran acts envy. I mean, who else has been featured on a Beyoncé album (twice) and ...

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

Texas rapper BigXthaPlug is making headlines after a memorable performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"—and now he's teasing a full country-rap project that's already generating major buzz. On April 23, ...

Country music’s fusion with rap and other genres is accelerating in 2026, driven by streaming, cross-genre collaborations, and a cultural reckoning with the genre’s Black roots. Artists such as Bailey ...

At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff ...

Artist Austin Tolliver is a new addition to the lineup at Average Joes, a record label often crediting with helping establish country rap in Nashville. The music video for Austin Tolliver’s new single ...

One night at a Whiskey Jam event at Midtown's Losers Bar showed country & Nashville's cultural shift A trio of singer-songwriters -- HARDY, ERNEST, and Ben Burgess --honor fans' blue-collar existences ...