Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' is back in the headlines, only this time ... there's discourse about racism over Luke Combs' cover of it.
The answer that a lot of these articles seem to land on -- after interviewing subjects, etc. -- is that, even today, it's hard for Black artists to break through in country. And they're using the example of Luke thrusting new life into"Fast Car" as their exhibit A for that argument.
Unfortunately for her, it doesn't sound like the Internet's accepting her theory at face value ... and pushing back on the implication that"Fast Car" was some obscure song that's only now getting mainstream recognition -- while also trolling WaPo as reaching for outrage. I know a lot of people on the site are too young to remember the 90s, but “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman was a huge hit and on the radio every 10 minutes for about a half-a-decade.