The best redneck songs celebrate a lifestyle that haters of country music may think of as unsophisticated. A few goof on some of the more gaudy, rowdy behaviors, but all 10 songs found on this list ...

We take a look at how one song launched Gretchen Wilson's career, making her one of the biggest succes stories in country music.

Gretchen Wilson turned heads 17 years ago, in 2004, when she dropped her bombshell debut single, "Redneck Woman." The song raced to the top of the charts and camped out there for a whopping five weeks ...

It's only been a few months since Thomas Rhett released his fifth studio album, Country Again: Side A, but the singer threw fans a curveball on Friday (Aug. 6) and shared something brand new. That's ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here. A grassroots organization is forcing a South Carolina city to reckon ...

Irascible rednecks are nothing new in politics. Once upon a time, they tended to be either marginal firebrands like George Wallace or, more recently, the ne’er-do-well, embarrassing siblings of ...

Gretchen Wilson had no idea when she released her debut single, "Redneck Woman," what a phenomenon it would become. The song, written by Wilson and John Rich and released on Wilson's Here for the ...