Jason Aldean Disputes Claims that his Music Video is ‘Pro-Lynching’

The accusation that a US country music star Jason Aldean new song and album is an anti-Black Blood Matter chorus that encourages vigilante gun violence has been refuted.

US country singer Jason Aldean disputes claims that his latest music video is “pro-lynching.”

Country Music Television removed Jason Aldean’s song Try That In A Tiny Town from the broadcast on Monday. Only days after it was released. Using the hashtags “dangerous.” Also “meritless,” 46-year-old Aldean dismissed the criticism on Twitter.

Sheryl Crow, a different country music icon, charged Aldean with “promoting violence.“

Although the song was in May, the video was first making public last Friday. It immediately sparked criticism. A burning American flag, Molotov cocktails. Also mask demonstrators are among the scenes in the three-minute movie. Which also includes CCTV footage of robberies. Well, see how far you can get down the road if you do that in a tiny town, Aldean sings.

Moreover, Additionally, “a weapon that my grandmother giving me” and “communities full with good ol’ boys, growing up right” are mentioned in the lyrics. The video was shoot in Columbia, Tennessee, against the backdrop of a courthouse. A young black guy named Henry Choate was lynch there in 1927 by a white mob, according to critics. ,Moreover, Aldean, though, asserted on the social network on Tuesday claimed the song is not about race. But rather an acknowledgment of small-town values.

The acclaimed country music performer had been talking a day after Country Music Television removed his video from air.

In his tweet, he said, “Try That in a Small Town refers to the sense of community I encountered. While growing up, where we looking out for each other, regardless of differences in background or belief.” It was criticizing for sending a message of division. Sheryl Crow tweeted in response to Jason Aldean’s post: “I’m from a tiny town. Even in small communities, people are tire of violence. Promoting violence is not small-town or even American.

This is not like a little town in America. It’s really lame,” admitting 61-year-old Crow. Furthermore, The pro-gun control Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones tweeted. “We have a duty to denounce Jason Aldean’s disgusting song inciting for racist violence. What a despicable illustration of gun vigilantism and bigotry. But Aldean’s supporters came to his aid. The media, according to one remark on the YouTube video, “celebrate” rap songs that glorify violence. “But a country singer’s video about self defence and neighbours watching out for their neighbors is ban.”

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