this is a person who has a very intense relationship with a very large body of fans. - you went to the concert, and you saw the concert filmed, right? three hours, yes, well-spent. - (singing) i wanna house you and make you take my name i ve met so many of my goals, and i just keep making new goals because i m never satisfied, and i always want to grow. - well, the highly anticipated second act to beyoncé s renaissance project, cowboy carter, dropped last night. - you guys, oh, my god. - i m crying. - she s the first black woman ever to top the billboard s hot country songs chart. - there is a public perception about country music that it is a predominantly white genre. - i mean, i ve seen people say things like, i didn t know that there were black country singers. - it s kind of an industry that takes care of its own. - it has not been a genre that has been accepting of black people. - you often find partisans of country music saying, well, this is or that ain t country. -
[music playing] - beyoncé is the greatest entertainer of her generation. this is a person who has a very intense relationship with a very large body of fans. - you went to the concert, and you saw the concert filmed, right? three hours, yes, well-spent. - (singing) i wanna house you and make you take my name i ve met so many of my goals, and i just keep making new goals because i m never satisfied, and i always want to grow. - well, the highly anticipated second act to beyoncé s renaissance project, cowboy carter, dropped last night. - you guys, oh, my god. - i m crying. - she s the first black woman ever to top the billboard s hot country songs chart. - there is a public perception about country music that it is a predominantly white genre. - i mean, i ve seen people say things like, i didn t know that there were black country singers. - it s kind of an industry that takes care of its own. - it has not been a genre that has been accepting of black people. - you often find
this period has the full phalanx of industry support, it s beyonce. li lil nazx s old was on the country charts and then removed from the country charts because it wasn t country enough. that ended up 17 weeks number one on billboard hot 100. holly g., i know you have gotten a lot of pushback, a lot of really threats because of your highlight of this. it s actually part of the reason why you are going by holly g. and not your full first and last name. are you surprised by what the response has been to highlight ing this disparity in the genera? i ll be honest, usually, no, buts with tracy chapman things, it does surprise me a little bit, because tracy chapman was such a revolutionary artist and she stood up for all the things that i believe in and she was such a pioneer. the things that are fans of hers that are having an issue with what i m saying about must not