Wheeler Walker Jr.

Wheeler Walker Jr. is country music’s loudest outlaw, a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed hellraiserdetermined to drag country music back to its outlaw roots, whether Nashville likes it or not. Backed bytop-tier session musicians and armed with a complete disregard for industry rules, Walker built a cultempire through brutally honest songs packed with sex, bad decisions, and unapologetic Southernswagger. Blending classic honky-tonk, outlaw country, Southern rock, and arena-sized attitude, albumsincludingRedneck Shit, Ol’ Wheeler, WW III, Sex, Drugs & Country Music,andRamturned Walker into oneof the most controversial, and undeniably entertaining, figures in modern country music.Walker first exploded onto the scene in 2016 with the now-infamousRedneck Shit,featuring viral tracksthat mainstream country radio wouldn’t touch but fans couldn’t get enough of. While Nashville polisheditself into a commercial machine full of influencers, sponsorships, and algorithm-approved heartbreaksongs, Wheeler builta fiercely loyal fanbase by saying exactly what everybody else was too scared tosay. His records are equal parts rebellion and a genuine love letter to classic country music’s raw,unfiltered spirit.Over the last decade, Wheeler has released five acclaimed albums that all hit #1 on Billboard’s Comedychart, with two of them debuting in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country chart. He has amassed more thanone billion career streams and earned two PLATINUM and GOLD-certified records. Bursting onto the scenewith his debut albumRedneck Shit,he was the first artist to ever simultaneously chart on Billboard’sCountry Album (#9) and Comedy Album (#1) charts.But now, Wheeler is finallyPULLIN’ OUTof the new redneck Vegas that Music City has become and hasannounced his impending retirement. Releasing his final album on September 25, he’ll start throwingmiddle fingers on his accompanying farewell tour this October. Although WWJr. may be going to live inrural isolation, or in federal custody, his sold-out tours,chart-topping albums and fanatic fanbase areproof that his cultural impact on outlaw country’s modern resurgence will forever live on.