To be honest, while individual live events award shows cancelled his appearances , country radio and its fans did not.
Itd be alot easier if the anti N word advocates could understand 99% of the time a white person drops it , its in a form of cultural appropriation, which generally speaking is a form of flattery or at least mild appreciation.
He called his white friend an N in the drive way of his own home,the same way countless inner city yutes throw it around with each other.
Not racial in any way shape or form... to the chagrin of the race baiters.
It isn’t a word that any intelligent person needs to use.