A cowboy party in the Gateway

A cowboy party in the Gateway

Regardless of what the mainstream country music scene refuses to accept or believe, cowboy culture is Black culture. It has been from the very beginning.  The success of Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – which is based on the club banger from St. Louis’ own J-Kwon – and Beyoncé’s Grammy Award-winning “Cowboy Carter” have resulted in appropriation accusations from current artists and fans of the genre.  They only need a brief history lesson to l…