Beyoncé's Grammy winning album Cowboy Carter reflects the history of Texas black cowboy culture.

While conversing about her work,  the 43-year-old shared: "This ain't a country album… it's a Beyoncé album." 

It clearly draws from many sources, including the long history of Black country music and Black cowboy culture.

According to professor of English and Critical Ethnic Studies at DePaul University and the author of the book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions, Francesca Royster shared his insights on the song

"I think that there are these narratives about what America is, and that's always been coded as white," Francesca added.

"The cowboy has been this heroic image to justify Western expansion, and it just seems necessary to make that figure white, even though there were always Black cowboys."

Moreover, he further talked about Beyoncé's Instagram post on the biases she face in her career.

"As someone who's been studying Black country music, that to me was a familiar refrain. But I really feel like things are moving fast in terms of changing the culture around country music for diverse listeners and audiences as well as performers."

For the unknown, Beyoncé Album Cowboy Carter has won three awards at the 67th Grammy awards in Los Angeles, Best Country Album, Best Country Duo/Group Performance and the long-coveted Best Album of the Year.