Adam Bradley Calhoun (born September 5, 1980) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and YouTube Vlogger. He is active as a social media personality and has released a number of albums. His most successful album was a collaboration with Tom MacDonald, titled ''The Brave'', released in 2022. The same year, he released another album named ''Country Rap Tunes''.

Music career

Calhoun started his music career performing with

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singer, Chris Hosier. They released a single "Salute the Brave" in 2017, which reached No. 46 on Hot Country Songs. and they also released an album ''Made in America'' that year. He ended his collaboration with Hosier and started a solo career in 2018, and released ''AmerAcal''. Later in the year he released his second album ''The Throne''. A track in the album "Racism" drew criticism for using the

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and stereotypes about white and black people. In a collaboration with Country rap singer

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with the song "Back N Forth", Calhoun notably raps about men wearing women's dresses. He released an EP ''Crazy White Boy'' with Demun Jones. During their "Crazy White Boy Tour", their shows in

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were scheduled in the same weekend as the Sacramento Pride, which led to protests because of his social media posts on gay and trans people and song lyrics described as "racist". It resulted in those shows being cancelled. Other shows similarly faced protests and another show in

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was canceled. On July 18, 2019, Calhoun released his third solo album, ''War''. The album was the second best-selling country album and the third best-selling rap album of the week, with 3,200 copies sold. Calhoun has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including

on ''Hooligan'' released in 2019, and

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on ''Legend'', released in 2020. In 2022, Calhoun collaborated with Tom MacDonald to release an album, ''The Brave''. The album was the best selling album the week of its release in March 2022, with 16,000 copies sold in the U.S. In September 2023, Calhoun and MacDonald released the album, ''The Brave II''.

Personal life

Calhoun has a son, Tamen Calhoun, with a former girlfriend. He also has a daughter, Grae Millie, born in September 2021, with his wife Margie. As of October 2023, the pair is expecting their second child together, a boy.The post of Adam Calhoun on instagram child's gender reveal party
/ref> Calhoun served time in prison for punching an on-duty police officer. Calhoun has a YouTube channel with over 1.6 million subscribers as of August 2023, where he often expresses his political and social views, including his support for former president

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Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

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channel * website {{DEFAULTSORT:Calhoun, Adam 1980 births Living people American country singer-songwriters American male rappers Country rap musicians 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters Country musicians from Illinois Comedians from Chicago American male singer-songwriters American nationalists Critics of Black Lives Matter Male critics of feminism Singer-songwriters from Illinois