dude had gauges in his ears and music doesn’t sound much like country music.

I’ve heard that most of the music producers now days, even in Nashville, are hip hop/rap guys and they’ve greatly influenced the sound of “country” music as well as their looks and style and based on the new type of country music I’ve heard I believe that. This country “rap” that is so prevalent as well as their looks is about as far from country music as can be.