Fans were quick to clock Shaboozey’s reaction to Megan Moroney saying the Carter Family invented country music while presenting at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night. The awkward moment ...

When Shaboozey heard that The Carter Family “basically invented country music,” he had about as honestly Black a reaction as one can have—shade.

Pride and the Carter Family were being memorialized as the winners of the country categories at the very first AMAs in 1974. It was not just Shaboozey who had a quizzical response.

Shaboozey has responded to the viral moment where he appeared to side-eye Megan Moroney at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night after Moroney said the Carter Family “basically invented ...

The Carter family themselves were influenced by a Black artist, Lesley Riddle. Shaboozey turned to X, formerly Twitter, to address the moment, referencing Riddle and other musicians influential to ...

Specifically, TikTok users commenting on Shaboozey’s eye-roll at the AMAs mention Lesley Riddle, a Black musician whose unsung contributions to the Carter Family were central to their musical ...

Pride and the Carter Family were being memorialized as the winners of the country categories at the very first AMAs in 1974. It was not just Shaboozey who had a quizzical response.

Shaboozey (L) and Megan Moroney present the Favorite Country Duo or Group award onstage during the 2025 American Music Awards at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las ...

Shaboozey had reason to be stunned. Foundational country icons the Carter Family were among the genre's early breakout stars, but they were far from the genre's inventors.

Reps for Shaboozey and Moroney did not immediately return requests for comment. A rep for the American Music Awards declined to comment. While the Carter Family are indeed country pioneers, they are ...

Beyoncé gave a shout-out to collaborator Shaboozey during her second Chicago "Cowboy Carter" tour concert. Shaboozey, featured on Beyoncé's songs "Spaghettii" and "Sweet Honey Buckiin ...