Kane Brown turned Facebook likes into a country music career
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As a kid, Kane Brown and his mother used to sing together as pretend “American Idol” contestants.
But when Brown actually tried out for the show years later, he kept getting rejected or stereotyped.
“They told me they didn’t need another Scotty McCreery,” Brown said. “I tried out for ‘X Factor’ and they put me in a boy band and I ended up quitting.”
So the 23-year-old singer from the Tennessee-Georgia border near Chattanooga turned to Facebook to find an audience for iPhone videos of himself singing covers of songs like “Check Yes or No,” by George Strait, a video that’s been viewed 11 million times.