Adam Calhoun

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Adam Calhoun
Birth nameAdam Bradley Calhoun
Born (1980-09-05) September 5, 1980 (age 43)
Chicago, Illinois [1]
OriginNew Lenox, Illinois
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer-songwriter
  • comedian
  • YouTuber
Years active2017–present
Website officialacal.com

Adam Bradley Calhoun (born September 5, 1980) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and YouTube vlogger. He is active as a social media personality and has released a number of albums. [2] His most successful album was a collaborative project with Tom MacDonald, titled The Brave, released in 2022. The same year, he released another album named Country Rap Tunes. A sequel to The Brave, entitled The Brave 2, was released the following year.

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Music career

Calhoun started his music career performing with country rap singer, Chris Hosier. They released a single "Salute the Brave" in 2017, [3] which reached No. 46 on Hot Country Songs. [4] and they also released an album Made in America that year. He ended his collaboration with Hosier and started a solo career in 2018, and released AmerAcal. [5] Later in the year he released his second album The Throne. [6] A track in the album "Racism" drew criticism for using the N-word and stereotypes about white and black people. [7] In a collaboration with Country rap singer Upchurch with the song "Back N Forth", Calhoun notably raps about men wearing women's dresses. [8]

He released an EP Crazy White Boy with Demun Jones. During their "Crazy White Boy Tour", their shows in Sacramento, California were scheduled in the same weekend as the Sacramento Pride, which led to protests because of his social media posts on gay and trans people and song lyrics described as "racist". [9] It resulted in those shows being cancelled. [10] [11] Other shows similarly faced protests and another show in Oklahoma City was canceled. [12] [13]

On July 18, 2019, Calhoun released his third solo album, War. The album was the second best-selling country album and the third best-selling rap album of the week, [14] [15] with 3,200 copies sold. [16]

Calhoun has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including Upchurch on Hooligan released in 2019, [17] and Struggle Jennings on Legend, released in 2020. [18]

In 2022, Calhoun collaborated with Tom MacDonald to release an album, The Brave. The album was the best selling album the week of its release in March 2022, with 16,000 copies sold in the U.S. [19] In September 2023, Calhoun and MacDonald released the album, The Brave II. [20] [21]

Personal life

Calhoun has a son, Tamen Calhoun, with a former girlfriend. He also has a daughter, Grae Millie, born in September 2021, with his wife Margie. [22] [23] As of October 2023, the pair is expecting their second child together, a boy. [24]

Calhoun served time in prison for punching an on-duty police officer. [22]

Calhoun has a YouTube channel with over 1.6 million subscribers as of August 2023, where he often expresses his political and social views, including his support for the former U.S. president Donald Trump. [2]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[25] 		US
Country
[26] 		US
Heat
[27] 		US
Indie
[28] 		US
R&B/HH
[29] 		Can
[30]
Made in America
(with Chris Hosier)
  • Release date: December 1, 2017
  • Label: Redneckin Records
  • Formats: Digital download
——646——
AmerAcal
  • Release date: March 13, 2018
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download
—1314——
The Throne
  • Release date: November, 2018
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download
—2114——
War
  • Release date: July 18, 2019
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——28——
Hooligan
(with Upchurch)
  • Release date: November 25, 2019 [31]
  • Label: ACal / RHEC
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
160——3——
Billy G.O.A.T.
  • Release date: March 24, 2020 [32]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——847——
Legend
(with Struggle Jennings)
  • Release date: June 9, 2020 [18]
  • Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——18———
Pressure
  • Release date: January 22, 2021 [33]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——7———
Outlaw Shxt
(with Struggle Jennings)
  • Release date: April 30, 2021 [34]
  • Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——4———
The Brave
(with Tom MacDonald)
  • Release date: March 4, 2022 [35]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
14——4983
Country Rap Tunes
  • Release date: October 7, 2022 [36]
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
——————
The Brave 2
(with Tom MacDonald)
  • Release date: September 22, 2023
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD (rumored), Digital
62—————

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat
[37] 		US
Indie
[38]
Crazy White Boy
(with Demun Jones)
  • Release date: February 11, 2019
  • Label: ACal
  • Formats: Digital download
110

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Country
[4] 		US
R&B/Hip-Hop
[39] 		US
Digital
[40] [41] 		CAN
Digital
[42] [43]
2017"Salute the Brave"
(with Hosier)		46———Made in America
2020"The Patriot" [44] ————
2021"Pictures" [45] ————
2022"Gumbo" [46] —— [lower-alpha 1] ——
"Ramble On" [48] —— [lower-alpha 2] ——
2023"American Flags"
(with Tom MacDonald) [50] 		—4328
"Your America"
(with Tom MacDonald)		—— [lower-alpha 3] 920
  1. ↑ "Gumbo" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 18 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. [47]
  2. ↑ "Ramble On" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 14 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. [49]
  3. ↑ "Your America" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. [51]

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