Hopie Feek grew up believing country singer Rory Feek was her father. But after recently taking a DNA test, Hopie learned that Rory was not, in fact, her biological father. Hopie said in an Instagram video Saturday, Feb. 8. that she took a 23andMe test after feeling “a bit different’ for a long time.

Kendrick Lamar took the stage at Super Bowl LIX for the halftime show and promptly laid waste to Drake. While it was an interesting show, particularly considering the whole “Not Like Us,” angle, it also marked the continuatin of a more than two-decade streak of country music acts being shut out of the lead spot at halftime of the big game.

Chris Stapleton is retiring from singing the national anthem. The country music singer, who performed the song during the 2023 Super Bowl, shared the news in an appearance on Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s “Dirty Mo Media” podcast .

The year has gotten off to a rough start for country music fans as four legendary performers have already lost their lives. The following is a look back at those who have died: Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter,