Charley Crockett Seemingly Puts Gavin Adcock/Morgan Wallen Drama To Bed: “We Don’t Have To Agree On Much… Just Be Good To Each Other”

Charley Crockett is laying it all to rest.

The drama between  Charley Crockett and Gavin Adcock has felt all-consuming at times over the past few weeks. The two have gone back and forth, stirring up the opinions of other artists. However, it appears that Charely Crockett is removing himself from this drama after his most recent post.

But first, let’s go back to the beginning to recall everything that has unfolded in this saga.

The back and forth between the two artists began when Charley took to social media and unleashed an epic rant on the state of country music, calling out bro-country, calling out Morgan Wallen, and defending Beyoncé. Crockett pointed out that the biggest star in country music makes pop music too, and admittedly doesn’t even listen to much country, but Charley praised him for at least being honest about it:

“Hey, country folks. Beyoncé ain’t the source of your discontent. It was 25 years of bro country. The number one country artist on Earth listens to nothing but rap. Openly says he doesn’t really know any country music. Gotta respect his honesty.

The machine points to a black woman who’s making a statement about marginalized people being removed from the conversation altogether, and somehow we all act like the entire pop industry didn’t just ambush roots music. These ‘country boys’ been singing over trap beats for years.

So what’s different now? Authenticity. Many of those business folks called me early on. They had whole albums pre-written and recorded ready to just plug me in. I have receipts. It’s harder than ever to keep the public’s attention. They said and I quote, ‘We wanna get into country music where you have audience loyalty.’ Hot today, forgot tomorrow.

I don’t need to put down a black woman to advance my music. That’s just embarrassing to the idea of America and I got no respect for it.”

Many country listeners interpreted the last part of Crockett’s rant as a shot toward Gavin Adcock, who recently spoke about his distaste surrounding Beyoncé’s crossover into country music. At a show earlier this summer, Adcock shared with his audience his thoughts that the Cowboy Carter album should not be considered “country.”

Of course, Adcock has never been one to not speak his mind about anything, and his comments about Beyoncé were no different. Adcock doubled down on his opinion and trolled fans who were telling him he needed to apologize or think more carefully before speaking.

After Gavin caught wind of the shot from Charley Crockett, he took to social media to respond, calling Crockett a “cosplay cowboy.”

“Somebody needs to tell the “act” that has let out (the cover) of James Town Ferry 6 times, he should just work on letting out quality original music. I got more cowsh-t under my pinky than you have seen your whole f—in life. Hank sr called and asked about the cosplay cowboy.

It appeared that the two might be on a path to finding peace after Charley Crockett left Gavin Adcock a gift at a Kansas venue of 60 roses and a copy of his latest record, Dollar A Day. While Adcock made a video thanking Crockett for the gift, while still shading him slightly, it was clear that he wanted the last word and continued to throw dirt on Crockett’s name.

After receiving the gift, he got on Twitter and threw more shade Crockett’s way.

“Praising a guy that said Beyoncé is country proves we live in a broke world.”

And then Gavin followed up again, sharing a video about Charley’s days busking in New York City, a far cry from the country stylings that you see from Charley today.

“Let me expose the cosplay cowboy for the last time. Nobody’s putting on a bigger act than this guy. Idk what you wanna call this, but legends would roll over in their grave if you called this country.”

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Of course, several Charley Crockett haters like to point out that he rapped in his younger days as a way to discredit his current catalog, but he was very transparent about it on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

In a since-deleted Instagram post, Crockett responded to Adcock not apologizing for any of his statements and standing behind his words.

“Black music made me. I will not apologize. Raised by a single mama. I am not ashamed. Many men have tried to destroy me. I will not lose.”

Crockett has also been posting on Instagram, still seemingly participating in the drama, most recently sharing an image of Hank Williams Sr. morphing into himself.

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Kinda weird… but whatever.

After that, the two were relatively quiet, with other artists like Benjamin Tod, Paul Cauthen, and Aaron Watson chiming in on the matter. All was quiet until a recent incident on stage with Morgan Wallen and Gavin Adcock.

After Charley’s initial comments, it took no time for Gavin Adcock to jump in, but Morgan Wallen, on the other hand, had not made any public comments on the matter, leading fans to believe he would stay out of the drama entirely. That’s not surprising, given that Morgan typically stays out of the social media drama and stays pretty private for the most part.

But during his shows in Toronto over the weekend, the country music superstar confirmed that he had seen the comments and made clear his feelings on Crockett without saying a word about it. Gavin was, ironically, opening for Morgan on select dates on his I’m The Problem stadium tour. And during those shows, Morgan generally brings Gavin back out onstage to perform “Up Down,” originally recorded as a duet with Florida Georgia Line.

At the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Gavin brought a Charley Crockett shirt onstage with him, holding it up while Morgan gave the shirt the double bird:

@maryanna_khnanisho I wanna know the story behind the shirt tho #morganwallen #fyp #toronto @morganwallen @GavinAdcockMusic ♬ original sound – maryanna

While it was quiet for a day or two after, Charley Crockett has finally responded to the incident and appears to be waving a white flag in this feud. Crockett is not waving a flag in the sense that he’s giving up, but in this most recent Instagram post, it appears that he recognized larger issues are going on in the nation right now, instead of some social media drama, and is putting his differences aside and hopes that Adcock and Wallen keep entertaining fans with their music. However, it might not be his cup of tea.

Crockett wrote:

“I’m starting to think ol’ #1 and his sidekick are working for me… all jokes aside, I love each and every one of you. I’m just a song and dance man. Sometimes a saint. Sometimes a sinner. You have choices and you ain’t gotta listen to what I say. It’s a privilege to make music for a living, something that you afford me.

We don’t have to agree on much. You’re all welcome here. If I could ask one thing of you right now, please just be good to each other. The first record deal I ever got they were telling me ‘Charley boy, it’s a Coke & Pepsi world. You gotta play by the rules!’ They never realized I drink Dr. Pepper.”

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It seems as though Aaron Watson’s reminder of how blessed Crockett and Adcock are to travel the world and make music for a living really resonated with him. Given the events of this week surrounding the death of Charlie Kirk, it appears that this drama is being put to bed. And when you put it in that perspective, it’s all pretty silly, right?

As Crockett said in his post, as country fans, we all might like different kinds of music within the genre, noting his comment about not having to agree on much. But everyone is welcome to express themselves how they wish creatively, and to make music that tickles their fancy. But everyone is always welcome at the table.

Before you go, fire up “America” by Charley Crockett.

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