Over the past few years, an array of musicians, historians, researchers, and critics have helped upend the history of country music. They've brought overdue attention to the myriad, yet long-ignored contributions of Black musicians to country's origins,

Shaboozey wasn’t “tipsy” but, rather, appeared to have reached some kind of tipping point in reaction to the patter that he and fellow country star Megan Moroney were reading as presenters at the American Music Awards Monday night.