Willie Jones shades fellow “Cowboy Carter” collaborator Shaboozey for lack of diversity in new video

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" dethroned Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

This town is big enough for the both of them, but Willie Jones still has a little bit of an issue with his fellow Cowboy Carter collaborator Shaboozey.

Jones shared a screenshot of a comment he made criticizing Shaboozey's video for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," which recently dethroned Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" as the No. 1 song on Billboard's Hot Country Songs, becoming the first time two consecutive Black artists held the top spot.

Jones congratulated Shaboozey on the song but added that he hopes the "YTs" and the BeyHive show him the same level of support, noting that the Virginia native looked like "a fly in a milk bowl." Jones seemed to double down on his comment, adding on X (formerly Twitter), "Congrats to @ShaboozeysJeans on the number one but the off the porch is wack as hell…love the song tho."

One can hardly call this a feud as Shaboozey doesn't really seem to want any smoke. He replied to Jones' earlier comments, "You wanna do this here?" with a couple emojis, and "shid you never pick up the phone but you up now."

Shaboozey later tweeted a short video, seemingly in reply to Jones, in which he threw up a heart sign and blew a kiss to the camera, with the caption, "Fr It’s all love! I’m having a moment rn never though would happen in my career. I just wanna enjoy it with peace and love."

Reps for Jones and Shaboozey did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's requests for comment.

As Black men in country music, Jones and Shaboozey occupy rarified space, which is probably what drew Beyoncé to work with them on her country-tinged, eighth studio album Cowboy Carter. Jones sang the duet "Just for Fun" on the project while Shaboozey collaborated on two songs, "Spaghettii" and "Sweet/ Honey/ Buckiin'."

Since working with the Queen Bey, both artists have enjoyed a new level of recognition, along with the other upcoming Black country artists featured on the album, including Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Tierra Kennedy, and forgotten country pioneer Linda Martell.

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