Country singer Luke Combs’ success with his cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Cover” is marred by the “complicated” conversation over race, a Washington Post article claimed on Thursday.
The article reported how Combs’ cover, originally released as an album track in March, eventually became a hit on its own, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
While many celebrated the re-introduction of Chapman’s 1988 hit, the piece noted that Chapman as a Black queer woman would likely have never seen the same success in the county music industry.