Unknown singer’s anti-woke tune Rich Men North of Richmond tops US chart

Aug 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Two weeks in the past, unknown singer Oliver Anthony’s reside efficiency of his authentic tune Rich Men North of Richmond was posted on YouTube.

Since then the controversial anti-woke tune with lyrics about excessive taxes, overweight “welfare cheats” and elite youngster traffickers has amassed over 32 million views and counting.

In truth, the unknown in a single day star is at the moment No 1 on trending for music on the video web site.

And if that wasn’t sufficient he’s turn out to be the first-ever artist in US chart historical past to high the Billboard Hot 100 with no prior entries.

Meanwhile, the monitor is No 1 on iTunes and at the moment sits at No 64 within the UK charts however seems to be rising.

The caption for the Red Men North of Richmond viral video reads: “When I first came across Oliver Anthony and his music, I was blown away to say the least. He had a whole collection of songs that I could listen to for hours.

“Oliver resides in Farmville, VA with his 3 dogs and a plot of land he plans on turning into a small farm to raise livestock. We have a whole mess of songs set to release of Oliver for your viewing and listening pleasure, he is truly special and notes his biggest influence as Hank Williams Jr.

“Oliver wants to give hope to the working class and your average hard working young man who may have lost hope in the grind of trying to get by.”

Anthony has since had a frenzy of music labels making an attempt to get him to signal a report deal, however the viral star admits that he needs to take issues gradual and has promised some reside exhibits.

The singer, who lives in an off-grid $750 camper, lately mentioned: “Everyone in the ‘industry’ is rushing me into signing something, but we just want to take things slow right now. People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don’t want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don’t want to play stadium shows, I don’t want to be in the spotlight.”