It's not hyperbole to describe Oliver Anthony as an overnight sensation, thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of his hit song 'Rich Men North of Richmond'. After the video was posted to YouTube, it's racked up more than 33 million views in just 13 days. Meanwhile, the song — which Anthony wrote, sang and produced —…
It’s not hyperbole to describe Oliver Anthony as an overnight sensation, thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of his hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond”.
“I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell County,” he continued. “I worked the 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.”“My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford,” he wrote in that Facebook post.
“Lord, we got folks in the street / Ain’t got nothin’ to eat /And the obese milkin’ welfare,” he sings. “But God if you’re five foot three / And you’re three hundred pounds / Taxes ought not to pay / For your bags of fudge rounds.”Thanks to that line, the song has become adopted by MAGA Republicans in the U.S., who’ve interpreted the song as being critical of President Joe Biden’s progressive policies.
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