. >> the dixie chicks, they can say what they want to say. >> billboard's top 10 singles all by black artists. >> rap was all the new rock stars. >> i don't please everybody with who i am as a person. >> okay. staccato. like, stick it! >> i love beyonce. >> that's not a working telephone, is it? >> hello? >> empty shelves are all you'll find here at tower records. it's now out of business. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> three, two, one! >> this is a very special moment. the first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. please welcome no doubt! ♪ that's great it starts with an earthquake ♪ ♪ birds and snakes and aeroplanes ♪ ♪ and lenny bruce is not afraid ♪ >> i'll always remember new year's eve 1999, going into y2k, seeing no doubt on mtv playing "it's the end of the world as we know it" by rem. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ ♪ the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine ♪ >> it was a very appropriately apocalyptic song for what turned out to be a very apocalyptic decade. >> happy new year! >> so we wake up. it's 2000. we're all alive. and we're still in the mi

can you speak to what happened to the dixie chicks when they just had the nerve to criticize george bushppened with the artists now known as the chicks. i think that plays a lot into the fear that artists feel now. everyone saw what happened when the chicks spoke out about the war in iraq, even though they were right, by the way, they were ostracized by the entire community. country radio stopped playing them. it's one of the things that people associate with country music and political activism. one thing that encourages me is the times have changed. a lot more artists, especially younger artists like the kacey musgraves, marin morris', taylor hubbards are speaking out. eric church, one of the largest successful country artists in this format spoke out about the nra. while he may have caught some flack on social media, he's still selling tickets, putting butts in seats and is successful. so we've seen tangible examples of artists speaking their conscience and not suffering commercial consequences. we need to see more of that. >> kurt, again, look at the numbers. background checks. 90% o