Fans were quick to clock Shaboozey’s reaction to Megan Moroney saying the Carter Family invented country music while presenting at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night. The awkward moment ...

When Shaboozey heard that The Carter Family “basically invented country music,” he had about as honestly Black a reaction as one can have—shade.

Shaboozey has responded to the viral moment where he appeared to side-eye Megan Moroney at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night after Moroney said the Carter Family “basically invented ...

Pride and the Carter Family were being memorialized as the winners of the country categories at the very first AMAs in 1974. It was not just Shaboozey who had a quizzical response.

Shaboozey (L) and Megan Moroney present the Favorite Country Duo or Group award onstage during the 2025 American Music Awards at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las ...

Pride and the Carter Family were being memorialized as the winners of the country categories at the very first AMAs in 1974. It was not just Shaboozey who had a quizzical response.

It remains to be seen whether either Shaboozey or Megan Moroney will comment on the AMA Carter Family slip-up, with the clip of the former's side-eye rapidly going viral across TikTok.

Reps for Shaboozey and Moroney did not immediately return requests for comment. A rep for the American Music Awards declined to comment. While the Carter Family are indeed country pioneers, they are ...

And this award went to the Carter Family, who basically invented country music," Moroney said, reading off a teleprompter. Then, Shaboozey side-eyed the statement.

During the presentation of the Favorite County Duo or Group Award, Moroney commented the Carter family "basically invented country music" which led to a serious side-eye and chuckle from Shaboozey ...