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Byrd & Chesnutt Targeted By Southern Rap Commission
07/25/2001 10:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen
(7/25/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Tracy Byrd and his recent duet partner, Mark Chesnutt, have become the targets of a new country rap group called the Southern Rap Commission. The rap group accuses Byrd and Chesnutt of mocking their remake of the Hank Williams Jr. tune, "A Country Boy Can Survive." Byrd and Chesnutt's top 20 duet, "A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side," includes the lyric "ought to be a law against cowboy rap," which the Southern Rap Commission feels was aimed toward them.
LAUNCH spoke with Byrd about the accusation. "The Southern Rap Commission--I just heard of these guys. I don't know who this is, but they obviously have singled us out as their enemy, in a way. I think in a fun-loving way, I hope. If not, they don't know who they're messin' with, pulling me and Chesnutt," he said.
Byrd candidly added that he sees no place for rap music within the country format. "I don't see room in country music for rap," he said. "I don't. I mean, we've already had the influx of some boy bands, kind of, in country music and I never thought I'd see that, and I sure hope it doesn't get to the point where we actually have rappers in country music. That's my take on it and my opinion, and I think I'll find a lot of country fans that agree with me."
The Southern Rap Commission will release its debut album, titled Banned From Nashville, on July 31. The project features MTV personality Carson Daly. Byrd's next single, "Just Let Me Be In Love," will be released next month. The song is the second single off Byrd's new album, Ten Rounds, which was released yesterday (July 24).
-- Margy Holland, Nashville
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