Explained - Season 3 Episode 13

Season 3 Episode 13

Country Music

24m ·★ 7.5 ·United States · EN· Netflix

Dirt roads. Pickup trucks. Hip-hop? As the borders around country music shift, who decides what defines the popular genre, and who gets to be a star?

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