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George Strait has never needed to raise his voice to be heard. So when he quietly stepped away from the American Music Awards after witnessing the “Best Country Female Artist” award miss its mark, the silence echoed through Nashville. “I’m not mad,” he later said. “It’s just not something I can pretend to support. Country music isn’t a brand — it’s a life.” His decision wasn’t about protest. It was about principle — and about standing up for voices like Lainey Wilson’s, artists who carry the soul of country in every note.

Introduction: When George Strait unveiled “If I Know Me” on March 12, 1991, it signaled...