Shaboozey - Highway | Vevo Origin Stories

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Shaboozey - Highway | Vevo Origin Stories

In so many ways, Shaboozey is the perfect subject for Vevo Origin Stories, a new series that examines the genesis and journeys of today’s most impressive artists. Evolution is baked into this genre welder’s craft; just peep the title of his breakout 2024 album: ‘Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going.’ To understand how the multiple-GRAMMY nominee led a historic run at the top of the charts with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” a veritable hoe down of a track that tips a cowboy hat to J-Kwon, you have to go back to his Virginia roots. It’s a state on the border of North and South, where the concrete slap of Pharrell’s beats meet the sweet bluegrass of Emmy Lou Harris (who Shaboozey calls a hero and friend). For him, country and hip-hop don’t collide, they fit like puzzle pieces. “Anyone who knows me knows this is something I’ve been exploring and creating and building out this genre and this sound for years,” he told us at a tavern in Los Angeles, where he now resides. “This is not an overnight thing.” At the same time, 2024 was certainly an inflection point - the right time to take a moment of reflection. To quote some “Good News” lyrics, “What a hell of a year it’s been.”

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Executive Producer: Chris Pereira

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