Country music was born out of the black American experience. And yet, while black artists from Beyonce to Lil Nas X have written important country songs, country music is still considered by many to be mostly a space for white artists. Exploring the complicated racial legacy of country music reveals why the genre often goes from being a musical form to a vehicle for difficult conversations around race and identity. Subscribe to HuffPost today: http://goo.gl/xW6HG Read: https://www.huffpost.com/ Like: httpshttps://www.facebook.com/HuffPost Follow: https://twitter.com/huffpost