| Adam Calhoun | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Birth Name: | Adam Bradley Calhoun |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois[1] |
| Origin: | New Lenox, Illinois |
| Years Active: | 2017–present |
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.[2] His most successful album was a collaborative project with Tom MacDonald, titled The Brave, released in 2022. The same year, he released another album named Country Rap Tunes. A sequel to The Brave, entitled The Brave 2, was released the following year.
Calhoun started his music career performing with country rap singer, Chris Hosier. They released a single "Salute the Brave" in 2017,[3] which reached No. 46 on Hot Country Songs.[4] 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.[5] Later in the year he released his second album The Throne.[6] A track in the album "Racism" drew criticism for using a racial slur and stereotypes about white and black people.[7] In a collaboration with Country rap singer Upchurch 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 Sacramento, California, 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".[8] It resulted in those shows being cancelled.[9] [10] Other shows similarly faced protests and another show in Oklahoma City was canceled.[11] [12]
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,[13] [14] with 3,200 copies sold.[15]
Calhoun has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including Upchurch on Hooligan released in 2019,[16] and Struggle Jennings 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.[17] In September 2023, Calhoun and MacDonald released the album, The Brave II.[18] [19]
Calhoun has an adult son, Tamen, with a former girlfriend. He also has a daughter, Grae Millie, born in September 2021 and a son, William, born in March 2024, with his wife Margie.[20] [21]
Calhoun served time in prison for punching an on-duty police officer.[22]
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 the former U.S. president Donald Trump.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [23] | US Country [24] | US Heat [25] | US Indie [26] | US R&B/HH [27] | Can [28] | |||
| Made in America (with Chris Hosier) |
| — | — | 6 | 46 | — | — | |
| AmerAcal |
| — | 13 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
|
| The Throne |
| — | 21 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
|
| War |
| — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — |
|
| Hooligan (with Upchurch) |
| 160 | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Billy G.O.A.T. |
| — | — | 8 | 47 | — | — | |
| Legend (with Struggle Jennings) |
| — | — | 18 | — | — | — | |
| Pressure |
| — | — | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Outlaw Shxt (with Struggle Jennings) |
| — | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| The Brave (with Tom MacDonald) |
| 14 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 83 |
|
| Country Rap Tunes |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Brave 2 (with Tom MacDonald) |
| 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US R&B/Hip-Hop [38] | US Digital [39] [40] | CAN Digital [41] [42] | |||
| 2017 | "Salute the Brave" (with Hosier) | 46 | — | — | — | Made in America |
| 2020 | "The Patriot"[43] | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | "Pictures"[44] | — | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | "Gumbo"[45] | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ramble On"[46] | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023 | "American Flags" (with Tom MacDonald)[47] | — | 43 | 2 | 8 | |
| "Your America" (with Tom MacDonald) | — | — | 9 | 20 | ||