# Adam Calhoun

Adam Bradley Calhoun (born September 5, 1980) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and YouTube vlogger. He is active as a social media personality and has released a number of albums. His most successful album was a collaborative project with Tom MacDonald, titled The Brave, released in 2022. The same year, he released another album named Country Rap Tunes. A sequel to The Brave, entitled The Brave 2, was released the following year.

## Music career

Calhoun started his music career performing with country rap singer, Chris Hosier. They released a single "Salute the Brave" in 2017, which reached No. 46 on Hot Country Songs. and they also released an album Made in America that year. He ended his collaboration with Hosier and started a solo career in 2018, and released AmerAcal. Later in the year he released his second album The Throne. A track in the album, "Racism", drew criticism for use of the racial slur "nigga" and stereotypes about white and black people. In a collaboration with fellow American country rapper/singer Upchurch with the song "Back N Forth", Calhoun notably raps about men wearing women's dresses.
He released an EP Crazy White Boy with Demun Jones. During their "Crazy White Boy Tour", their shows in Sacramento, California, were scheduled in the same weekend as the Sacramento Pride, which led to protests because of his social media posts on gay and trans people and song lyrics described as "racist". It resulted in those shows being cancelled. Other shows similarly faced protests and another show in Oklahoma City was canceled.
On July 18, 2019, Calhoun released his third solo album, War. The album was the second best-selling country album and the third best-selling rap album of the week, with 3,200 copies sold.
Calhoun has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including Upchurch on Hooligan released in 2019, and Struggle Jennings on Legend, released in 2020.
In 2022, Calhoun collaborated with Tom MacDonald to release an album, The Brave. The album was the best selling album the week of its release in March 2022, with 16,000 copies sold in the U.S. In September 2023, Calhoun and MacDonald released the album, The Brave II.

## Personal life

Calhoun has an adult son, Tamen, with a former girlfriend. He also has a daughter, Grae Millie, born in September 2021 and a son, William, born in March 2024, with his wife Margie.
Calhoun served time in prison for punching an on-duty police officer.
Calhoun has a YouTube channel with over 1.82 million subscribers as of November 2024, where he often expresses his political and social views, including his support for U.S. president Donald Trump. He is a Republican

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US Country | US Heat | US Indie | US R&B/HH | Can | Sales |
| Made in America (with Chris Hosier) | Release date: December 1, 2017 Label: Redneckin Records Formats: Digital download | — | — | 6 | 46 | — | — | |
| AmerAcal | Release date: March 13, 2018 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download | — | 13 | 1 | 4 | — | — | US: 11,600 |
| The Throne | Release date: November, 2018 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download | — | 21 | 1 | 4 | — | — | US: 7,800 |
| War | Release date: July 18, 2019 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | US: 3,200 |
| Hooligan (with Upchurch) | Release date: November 25, 2019 Label: ACal / RHEC Formats: Digital download, streaming | 160 | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Billy G.O.A.T. | Release date: March 24, 2020 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 8 | 47 | — | — | |
| Legend (with Struggle Jennings) | Release date: June 9, 2020 Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | |
| Pressure | Release date: January 22, 2021 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Outlaw Shxt (with Struggle Jennings) | Release date: April 30, 2021 Label: ACal / Angels & Outlaws Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
| The Brave (with Tom MacDonald) | Release date: March 4, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming | 14 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 83 | US: 16,000 |
| Country Rap Tunes | Release date: October 7, 2022 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Brave 2 (with Tom MacDonald) | Release date: September 22, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, Digital | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pale Horse (with Mesus) | Release date: September 13, 2024 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | US Heat | US Indie |
| Crazy White Boy (with Demun Jones) | Release date: February 11, 2019 Label: ACal Formats: Digital download | 1 | 10 |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | US Country | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Digital | CAN Digital | Album |
| 2017 | "Salute the Brave" (with Hosier) | 46 | — | — | — | Made in America |
| 2020 | "The Patriot" | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | "Pictures" | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | "Gumbo" | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | "Ramble On" | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | "American Flags" (with Tom MacDonald) | — | 43 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | "Your America" (with Tom MacDonald) | — | — | 9 | 20 |
* ↑ "Gumbo" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 18 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "Ramble On" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 14 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart.
* ↑ "Your America" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but reached number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart.