Big Loud Records- Alabama-born country crooner Kashus Culpepper encompasses the sound of the South.
and Who Hurt You.
I used to write these “get familiar” blogs more often.
And for some reason I stopped.
He had a great point.
So he’s getting the first blog.
The first time I heard him sing, was on his song “After Me?”.
And the thing that stood out immediately was his voice.
It was unlike anything I’ve ever heard before.
It sounds like if a dusty back-road church and a smoky blues bar had a baby.
The moment I heard that husky growl of his, it was like lightning struck.
I instantly went on one of those deep internet dives, watching every video I could find.
The more I heard, the more I became a fan.
He also has a hell of a backstory.
Imagine a five-year-old kid giving you the kind of goosebumps usually reserved for sold-out arenas.
you might still hear that sweaty-church intensity whenever he opens his mouth.
In highschool he was a state champion wrestler.
After graduating he became a firefighter and EMT before he decided to join the Navy.
Fast-forward to 2020, hes deployed with the Navy in Rota, Spain when the world shuts down.
Once he returned stateside, the open-mic circuit was calling his name.
Pretty quickly, folks realized that this husky, gritty, full-throated singer wasnt just your typical bar act.
And they signed him to his first record deal.
I cant stress enough how powerful Kashuss voice is.
I love a good jam with emotional depth, and Culpepper delivers exactly that.
One second hes pulling out a slow-burning heartbreak tune like After Me?
or Who Hurt You,
the next hes tapping into that gospel fervor he picked up in church.
Its hauntingly beautiful and rough around the edges in all the right ways.
Hes not some cookie-cutter, formulaic industry plant.
Hes a blue-collar, Alabama-born, Navy-honed, church-trained, soul-punching country singer who writes straight from the gut.
way back when…or wishing you had.
Dont be that person who gets left in the dust.
-dante@barstoolsports.com
p.s.
- his live videos are unreal
