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 ...

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 ...

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 gave Megan Moroney a shady side-eye at the American Music Awards 2025 after she claimed the Carter Family “basically invented” country music. During Monday’s live show, the two ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

But that wasn’t the moment everyone’s talking about. The moment was Shaboozey’s viral reaction to Moroney suggesting that the Carter Family invented country music. Videos by American Songwriter ...

Still, Shaboozey wasn't afraid to use the attention to spotlight something deeper. He tweeted shortly after the show, "Google: Lesley Riddle, Steve Tartar, Harry Gay, Defoe Bailey and The Carter ...

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 ...

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.