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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShaboozey sold out Billy Bob’s Texas in his first headlining show. He comes back North Texas this week. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShaboozey sold out Billy Bob’s Texas in his first headlining show. He comes back North Texas this week. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Elijah Smith<\/p>\n
North Texas has become a second home for Shaboozey within the last two years. From shutting down the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge<\/a> for a music video, to selling out Billy Bob\u2019s<\/a>, to celebrating best friend BigXthaPlug\u2019s birthday<\/a> at Dos Equis Pavilion, the Grammy-winning singer has made fond memories in North Texas. <\/p>\n He\u2019ll make more this weekend at South Side Ballroom during his The Outlaws Never Die Tour, a concert that blends music and theater to tell the artist\u2019s story as a genre-bending country star.\u00a0<\/p>\n Shaboozey has upended modern music with unique fusions of country, hip-hop and Americana music.\u00a0His breakout single, \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d topped Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 for 19 weeks in 2024. In 2026, he won a Grammy for \u201cAmen,\u201d a collaboration with Jelly Roll. The popularity made his latest release, \u201cThe Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales,\u201d one of the year\u2019s most anticipated albums. <\/p>\n \u201cWe perform every song on the album, you know what I mean?\u201d he says to the Observer. \u201cWe get to touch every song, and it really feels like the music is elevated. I can\u2019t wait to sing \u2018Bullets and Blaze.\u2019 \u2026 I think people are gonna be really impressed with how we were able to bring the old music with the new music, and it still felt like, \u2018Dang, that was a crazy show.’\u201d<\/p>\n Sign up for the Music newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n THANK YOU!<\/p>\n You’re all set.<\/p>\n CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Creating a country concept <\/p>\n The 20-song concept album unfolds like a film, telling the story of an adventure-driven female outlaw, Cherie Lee. <\/p>\n \u201cI love stories,\u201d he says. \u201cI love hearing people\u2019s stories. I love stories that are fictional, some that are real, hearing about the story, about the neighbor across the street. Stories, I think, really are what tie us all together, and what keep us going, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here, is to create stories.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n After achieving award-winning success last year, he felt this album left him the creative freedom to tell a story he\u2019d always dreamed of.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOn this album, getting the opportunity to do that with \u2018The Outlaw Cherie Lee,\u2019 it just felt \u2026 timely,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s been a project I\u2019ve been wanting to do, like a dream of mine, that I\u2019ve wanted since I started making music. So to be able to do it now, I\u2019m blessed, and I hope people enjoy the album.\u201d<\/p>\n As a first-generation Nigerian-American,\u00a0Shaboozey finds the craft of storytelling deeply important.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tradition of folk telling and folktales comes from West Africa, just like the banjo, or just like other instruments,\u201d he says. \u201cThese are stories that were brought over with us, and permeated through American society, and those things still hold true in our DNA, in our ancestry, so it felt natural \u2026 when I started making music, and telling my story, and speaking my truth, it came out as what we hear now.\u201d<\/p>\n North Texas ties<\/p>\n The latest album features Fort Worth native Leon Bridges<\/a>, and Shaboozey has previously collaborated with BigX<\/a>. Now, with all three at the top of the music industry, fans are begging them to release a record together. There is hope that he, BigX and Bridges will collaborate on a song in the future.<\/p>\n \u201c[Leon and I] did it once, so, you know, I don\u2019t see why we wouldn\u2019t do it again,\u201d says Shaboozey. \u201cI\u2019m just like, Leon, BigX \u2026 it might be a reunion.\u201d<\/p>\n Shaboozey and BigX have grown particularly close, bonding over their musical and personal overlaps after the latter\u2019s runaway success with a country crossover last year. <\/p>\n \u201cI remember hearing \u2018Texas,\u2019 the song, way before \u2018A Bar Song\u2019 came out,\u201d he says. \u201cHe had the cowboy hat with the horse, and I was like, \u2018Man, I gotta meet this guy.\u2019 That\u2019s like my brother. His family\u2019s always so kind to me, so being there is always a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n Texas has served Shaboozey well, particularly in its barbecue offerings (which he says are the best) and in true Southern hospitality. <\/p>\n \u201c[Texas] has this homey vibe; it really feels like you\u2019re with your people, you know?,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a melting pot of so many different cultures. I know there\u2019s a lot of Nigerians in Dallas and Houston. Everybody\u2019s over there \u2026 it just really feels like I\u2019m home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n