Has Morgan Wallen Followed Up On His Promises?

“Rolling Stone” has been looking into Morgan Wallen’s claim on “GMA” that he donated $500,000 to black music organizations.

They started by reaching out to his people and were promised details, but those never arrived.

So they went digging.

They talked to the Black Music Action Coalition [BMAC], which is the organization Morgan name-checked on “GMA”. They did receive $165,000 in April, but called the $500,000 number “exceptionally misleading.”

Then “Rolling Stone” reached out to “56 other state, regional, and national Black-led or Black-founded charities”, and none of them got money from Morgan. If he did donate anything to them, it was anonymously.

This all came out in a “Rolling Stone” article, and that got the attention of Morgan’s record label, Big Loud. The CEO said THEY donated the $500,000, of which “$100,000 was earmarked and promised for further donations by year-end locally.”

He also claimed the record label’s donations included “$300,000 to BMAC and Other Black Leaders’ organizations of choice.” But when BMAC was asked about that, they said they only received the previously confirmed $165,000.

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone