Producers of this month’s 59th CMA Awards decided to end the show with a high-profile, cross-genre collaboration: Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug teamed up with established country star Luke Combs to perform their song “Pray Hard.” It was a show of acceptance by mainstream country music and the Nashville system to BigX, who released the album of collabs with country stars, I Hope You’re Happy , in August.

Breland , the singer, songwriter, and producer behind the hit “My Truck” and songs for Keith Urban like “Out the Cage,” says there’s a reason why some non-country artists are accepted by Music Row and others, like Beyoncé are not.

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“I think that country music is fine with certain artists coming over here if they do it with the artists that they trust,” h

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