Adam Calhoun Explained

Adam Calhoun
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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.

Music career

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]

Personal life

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.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[23]
US
Country

[24]
US
Heat
[25]
US
Indie

[26]
US
R&B/HH
[27]
Can
[28]
Made in America
(with Chris Hosier)
  • Release date: December 1, 2017
  • Label: Redneckin Records
  • Formats: Digital download
646
AmerAcal
  • Release date: March 13, 2018
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download
1314
  • US: 11,600
The Throne
  • Release date: November, 2018
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download
2114
  • US: 7,800
War
  • Release date: July 18, 2019
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
28
  • US: 3,200
Hooligan
(with Upchurch)
  • Release date: November 25, 2019[29]
  • Label: ACal / RHEC
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
1603
Billy G.O.A.T.
  • Release date: March 24, 2020[30]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
847
Legend
(with Struggle Jennings)
  • Release date: June 9, 2020[31]
  • Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
18
Pressure
  • Release date: January 22, 2021[32]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
7
Outlaw Shxt
(with Struggle Jennings)
  • Release date: April 30, 2021[33]
  • Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
4
The Brave
(with Tom MacDonald)
  • Release date: March 4, 2022[34]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
144983
  • US: 16,000
Country Rap Tunes
  • Release date: October 7, 2022[35]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
The Brave 2
(with Tom MacDonald)
  • Release date: September 22, 2023
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD (rumored), Digital
62

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Country

US
R&B/Hip-Hop
[38]
US
Digital

[39] [40]
CAN
Digital

[41] [42]
2017"Salute the Brave"
(with Hosier)
46Made in America
2020"The Patriot"[43]
2021"Pictures"[44]
2022"Gumbo"[45]
"Ramble On"[46]
2023"American Flags"
(with Tom MacDonald)[47]
4328
"Your America"
(with Tom MacDonald)
920

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who is Adam Calhoun . Woman Magazine . 24 August 2021 .
  2. Web site: The Phenom and the Trump Troll: A Tale of Two Country Rappers, Forged by Social Media . Tarpley . Hitt. June 6, 2019 . The Daily Beast .
  3. Web site: Singled Out: Selena Gomez, Sam Smith, Hosier and Adam Calhoun . November 3, 2017. Collegian.
  4. Hot Country Songs. Billboard. November 18, 2017.
  5. Web site: Adam Calhoun: AmerAcal . AllMusic.
  6. Web site: Adam Calhoun . Stephen Thomas . Erlewine . AllMusic.
  7. News: Sacramento bar booked anti-LGBTQ rappers during Pride weekend. Now a backlash is coming . Benjy. Egel. May 28, 2019 . The Fresno Bee.
  8. News: The fed-up 'Crazy White Boy' backlash: A racist soundtrack of our divisive times . Marcos . Bretón . The Sacramento Bee. May 29, 2019 .
  9. News: Controversial Musician Adam Calhoun Still Coming To Sacramento After Goldfield Cancels Shows . May 30, 2019 . CBS Sacramento .
  10. News: Sacramento country bar cancels controversial shows after uproar from LGBTQ community . Benjy . Egel. The Sacramento Bee. May 29, 2019 .
  11. Web site: Greensboro Community Reacts To Controversial Concert. Eddie . Garcia . June 26, 2019 . WFDD.
  12. News: Venue cancels controversial concert after backlash online . Peyton . Yager. June 12, 2019. KFOR.
  13. Country Album Sales. Billboard. July 27, 2019.
  14. Rap Album Sales. Billboard. July 27, 2019.
  15. News: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: July 21, 2019. Matt . Bjorke . July 26, 2019 . Roughstock . July 31, 2019 .
  16. Web site: Adam Calhoun / Upchurch: Hooligan . Stephen Thomas Erlewine . AllMusic .
  17. Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun's 'The Brave' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart . Keith . Caulfield . March 14, 2022. Billboard.
  18. Web site: The Brave 2 is now on ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS! . Twitter. 22 September 2023. 25 September 2023.
  19. Web site: The Brave II. Spotify. 22 September 2023. 25 September 2023.
  20. Web site: Margie Naatz & Adam Calhoun's Wedding .
  21. https://www.instagram.com/p/C4_nxN0JqJD/ The post of Adam Calhoun on instagram child's gender reveal party
  22. Web site: Adam Calhoun Credits Son for Changing His Life . Hollywood Mask . 13 May 2021.
  23. billboardcharts. 1201511809821351936. Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2). December 2, 2019. December 3, 2019.
  24. Top Country Albums. Billboard. March 31, 2018.
  25. Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. March 31, 2018.
  26. Independent Albums. Billboard. November 17, 2018.
  27. Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. March 19, 2022.
  28. Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. March 19, 2022.
  29. Web site: Hooligan by Upchurch & Adam Calhoun. Apple Music. November 29, 2019. December 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201206122508/https://music.apple.com/us/album/hooligan/1488018753. dead.
  30. Web site: Billy G.O.A.T.. Apple Music. April 12, 2021. April 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412140906/https://music.apple.com/us/album/billy-g-o-a-t/1502160748. dead.
  31. Web site: Legend: Adam Calhoun, Struggle Jennings. Apple Music. April 12, 2021. April 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210339/https://music.apple.com/us/album/legend/1516037049. dead.
  32. Web site: Pressure by Adam Calhoun. Apple Music. January 22, 2021. January 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123003346/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pressure/1548330917. dead.
  33. Web site: Outlaw Shxt: Adam Calhoun, Struggle Jennings. Apple Music. April 30, 2021.
  34. Web site: The Brave: Tom MacDonald, Adam Calhoun. Apple Music. March 15, 2022.
  35. Web site: Country Rap Tunes: Adam Calhoun. Apple Music. October 7, 2022.
  36. Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. February 23, 2019.
  37. Independent Albums. Billboard. February 23, 2019.
  38. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. August 12, 2023 . Billboard .
  39. Digital Song Sales. August 12, 2023 . Billboard .
  40. Digital Song Sales. Billboard . August 22, 2023 .
  41. Canadian Digital Song Sales . August 12, 2023. Billboard.
  42. Canadian Digital Song Sales . Billboard.
  43. Web site: The Patriot by Adam Calhoun on Apple Music. Apple Music. August 10, 2020. November 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124051553/https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-patriot-single/1526607201. dead.
  44. Web site: Pictures - Single: Adam Calhoun . iTunes .
  45. Web site: Gumbo (feat. Dusty Leigh, Brodnax & Demun Jones) - Single . iTunes .
  46. Web site: Ramble On - Single: Adam Calhoun . iTunes .
  47. Web site: Tom MacDonald Doubles Down on Aldean's 'Small Town' Rage. Christian . Toto . Hollywood in Toto . July 29, 2023 .