After Morgan Wallen was caught on camera using a racist slur in footage published by TMZ on Monday night (Feb. 2), Mickey Guyton wasn't among the people decrying his actions as not indicative of the country music community as a whole. Rather, she was reminding her fans and followers of the racism that runs deep within both the genre and the music industry as a whole.
Guyton, who is one of only a few Black artists who have found mainstream country music success — and is, in fact, the first solo Black woman to be nominated in a country-specific Grammy Awards category — has been open about the racism she's experienced both in her personal life and her career, including in her song "Black Like Me." On Monday (Feb. 1), in fact, she highlighted some of the racist comments she's received from people on social media.