“The Man In Black” will be the “Man In Bronze” – or, whatever they make statues of. Johnny Cash is getting honored with a statue to be erected in the nation’s capital next month. Five years ago, then-Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced that a statue of Cash would be added to the National Statuary Hall Collection, which is located in the US Capitol and features two statues from each state to honor notable natives. The statue of Cash will be replacing the current statue of James P. Clarke, a former Arkansas governor and US Senator whose statue has been in the Capitol Visitors Center since 1921. Clarke’s statue has become problematic in recent years, as he was a notable supporter of white supremacy; even his great-great-grandson, an Arkansas state senator, had called for his statue to be removed. So…Johnny Cash – a far superior Arkansas native to be honored. The unveiling ceremony takes place September 24.

The first round of performers for the “17th Academy of Country Music Honors” has been announced. The initial list includes Eric Church, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Tyler Hubbard, Jamey Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban. The event will honor this year’s Honorees Walt Aldridge, Tony Brown, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Shannon Sanders, Lainey Wilson, and Trisha Yearwood. “ACM Honors” will take place August 21st at the Ryman Auditorium and will be hosted by Carly Pearce and Jordan Davis. Additional performers, presenters and event details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Is Morgan Wallen a Pop artist now?  Because his song “I Had Some Help” with Post Malone at #1 on the Billboard POP chart.

This is Morgan’s first #1 on the pop chart.  That’s after “I Had Some Help” already was #1 on the Country chart last month.  Having a #1 song on the Country AND Pop chart is an incredible feat, only matched one time before in history.

And that’s by Taylor Swift.  In November of 2008, “Love Story” was on top of the Country chart, and then in February of 2009 it was on top of the Pop Airplay chart.

I’m sure Post Malone helped tip the scales a bit, but this goes to show you what a true cross-over success Morgan Wallen can be.

He went from running from the law to being the law. During a visit to the Genesee County Jail on Michigan on Saturday, Jelly Roll was sworn in as a deputy sheriff. It’s a great testament to the ability to turn your life around; Jelly Roll struggled with drug addiction and has a felony conviction on his record, but he got his life in order and exploded into stardom. He was at the jail for a ribbon-cutting for a music studio at the jail meant to help rehabilitate inmates before performing at the Tailgate N’ Tallboys festival in Midland. And no, Jelly had no idea that was going to happen.

The Toby Keith tribute/benefit concert that will air on NBC has added some big-name performers… At first, the performers included Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Carrie Underwood, Jelly Roll, Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson, Parker McCollum and The War And Treaty. That would be a full all-star roster right there, but they weren’t done announcing names. Also on board for what is turning out to be a massive event: Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson, Riley Green, Ashley McBryde, Priscilla Block, Jordan Davis, Scotty Emerick, Brett Favre, Brantley Gilbert, HARDY, Tyler Hubbard, Krystal Keith, Ella Langley, Leanne Morgan, Mac McAnally and Clay Walker will all take the stage and sing some of Keith’s biggest hits. The show will be held tonight at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and will air on NBC as a two-hour special on August 28.