After multiple people peppered the 2024 CMA Awards with microaggressions disguised as jokes toward breakthrough artist Shaboozey, producer Trent Willmon - one of said artists - took to social media in an attempt to clarify his words.

Shaboozey seemed confused — but still smiling — after a bizarre moment at the 2024 CMA Awards where Cody Johnson 's producer Trent Willmon brought up his name while the two men were onstage to claim their Album of the Year trophy for Leather.

Cody Johnson’s visibly uncomfortable reaction to his producer's remark only added fuel to the fire, sparking widespread debate across social media

The Texas star took home the CMA Award for Album of the Year for his Leather album, and it’s incredibly well-deserved after many years of putting in the work and making great country music. Cody Johnson has been doing this for nearly two decades, and is finally one of the biggest things in country music… chase those dreams, people. #CMAawards

Shortly after the 2024 CMA Awards ended, Shaboozey, whose real name is Collins Obinna Chibueze, appeared to respond to the joke. He shared a photo of himself sitting in a sprinter van wearing an all-black outfit with rings on his hands and a chain around his neck.

The early 2000s were Alan Jackson's best and most successful years as an artist, and one of his many standout CMA performances was "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" with Jimmy Buffett. The song — one of Taste of Country's Best of the 21st Century — felt as right this year as "Where Were You" did two years earlier.

Shaboozey, the Virginia native who became a breakout star this year blending country music and hip-hop, was nominated for two trophies at the 58th annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville last night: One for new artist,