Corey Kent White (born June 21, 1994) is an American country music singer from Frisco, Texas signed to RCA Nashville.
Kent grew up listening to country music, taking influence from artists such as fellow Oklahoma native Garth Brooks.
Learning the road life early, Kent was just 11 when he joined a touring Western Swing group, traveling the country at the front of a “working class” band brothers for five years before they finally dissolved.
[1] Still in high school and unsure of what came next, he nearly quit entirely – but after a chance encounter of being pulled out of the audience and joining Willie Nelson on stage, he was inspired to start writing songs, a new path emerged.
[4] Because of this song's initial charting success, Billboard reported that many Nashville labels were in a bidding war to sign Kent.