Drake Gets Called Out For Doing Houston Walkout With Morgan Wallen… Did Everyone Forget About The Music Video?

Morgan Wallen still livin’ rent free in that head of yours, eh? There’s certain narratives in the country music world that just kind of stick. Regardless of context, accuracy, or this little inconvenience known as the truth… for whatever ignorant reasons, fans won’t let it go. Of course they always have to do with some kind of political leaning or off-the-stage issue, never the actual music, and operating Whiskey Riff for the past 10 years plus, I see a zillion […] The post Drake Gets Called Out For Doing Houston Walkout With Morgan Wallen… Did Everyone Forget About The Music Video? first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Drake Gets Called Out For Doing Houston Walkout With Morgan Wallen… Did Everyone Forget About The Music Video?

Morgan Wallen still livin’ rent free in that head of yours, eh?

There’s certain narratives in the country music world that just kind of stick. Regardless of context, accuracy, or this little inconvenience known as the truth… for whatever ignorant reasons, fans won’t let it go. Of course they always have to do with some kind of political leaning or off-the-stage issue, never the actual music, and operating Whiskey Riff for the past 10 years plus, I see a zillion comments a day, and there are some that just come like clockwork. One that immediately comes to mind is Eric Church being “anti-Second Amendment.” The second we post anything about Eric Church… new single, new album, building homes for hurricane victims, doesn’t matter… we inevitably get a handful of comments that fall somewhere along the lines of “he’s anti-gun, he’s anti-Second Amendment, he’s a woke gun grabber, etc…”

And of course, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Eric Church is a gun owner, avid hunter, and self-proclaimed “Second Amendment guy,” but following the tragic events of Route 91 Harvest Festival in 2017, where Eric headlined 2 days before a mad man murdered over 50 people, Eric questioned whether or not it was right for lobbyists to have so much control over government policy.

In a conversation with Rolling Stone, he said

“I’m a Second-Amendment guy. That’s in the Constitution, it’s people’s right, and I don’t believe it’s negotiable.”

Ok, let’s just stop right there…. that statement alone should negate “anti-Second Amendment” accusations. Yet, it doesn’t…

Eric continued:

“But nobody should have that many guns and that much ammunition and we don’t know about it. Nobody should have 21 AKs and 10,000 rounds of ammunition and we don’t know who they are. Something’s gotta be done so that a person can’t have an armory and pin down a Las Vegas SWAT team for six minutes.

There are some things we can’t stop. Like the disgruntled kid who takes his dad’s shotgun and walks into a high school. But we could have stopped the guy in Vegas. I blame the lobbyists. And the biggest in the gun world is the NRA. I’m a Second Amendment guy, but I feel like they’ve been a bit of a roadblock. I don’t care who you are – you shouldn’t have that kind of power over elected officials. To me it’s cut-and-dried… at this point in time, if I was an NRA member, I would think I had more of a problem than the solution.”

Fairly reasonable take, especially in the wake of the worst mass shooting in history. And you could (and should) make the same argument for any lobby… should pharmaceutical companies be influencing policy when it comes to our health? Hell no. Should Big Tech be funneling money into Washington DC in exchange for less oversight? Hell no. Truth is, the gun lobby is quite small compared to Healthcare, Big Oil, Big Tech, Insurance, etc… but due to the nature of what’s at stake, it’s one of the most polarizing. Gun ownership is also an industry that directly affects everyday people, AKA voters, whereas most of us are going to the ballot box worried about the regulation of Artificial Intelligence… but make no mistake, Silicon Valley is spending hundreds of millions on it.

But all that is really a conversation for another time and place… the point is that no matter what Eric Church does, no matter how clear he is on gun ownership being a non-negotiable right, he’ll never shake the “anti-Second Amendment” label with some fans. And to be fair, the media is to blame for a lot of it, who conveniently spin stories and headlines to fit their own narratives. Of course, the biggest and most prevalent example, stretching beyond the realm of country music and into pop culture is the never-ending narrative that Morgan Wallen is a racist.

Anytime Morgan Wallen’s name is mentioned, whether it’s for an awards show, an SNL performance, golfing with Tom Brady, donating to charity (which he does quite often), releasing new music… doesn’t matter… as soon as his name is in the headlines there is a wave of people rushing to slap the label on him, and condemn whoever chose to appear alongside the “problematic” country star.

Tate McRae got blasted for collaborating with him, Shaboozey got called out for wanting to hit the town with him in Las Vegas, Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward came under fire for saying that he likes his music, Miranda Lambert got hate for writing with him and opening for him, and then look at the countless amount of rappers who have collaborated with him… Post Malone, BigXthaPlug, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Durk, all got hate for it.

And the latest is Drake.

The Canadian rapper appeared in Houston, alongside former Astros pitcher and MLB legend, Roger Clemens, for the walkout on the second night of Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem Tour, and was immediately met with thunderous applause:

Morgan Wallen in Houston with Drake and Roger Clemens.
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