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Chanel West Coast Has a Question for Everyone Saying She’s Not Rap or Country: ‘So What Am I Then?’

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18.09.2026

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Chanel West Coast Has a Question for Everyone Saying She’s Not Rap or Country: ‘So What Am I Then?’

Chanel West Coast has dipped her toes into hip-hop and now country music, but she’s too keen on people telling her who and what she is.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Chanel West Coast has heard everyone saying that she’s not rap or country, and she has just one question. “So what am I then?!”

In a new interview with Us Weekly, the 38-year-old reality TV star-turned-music-artist opened up about her career in the wake of releasing “Tennessee”, her new country single. “I think that there’s just, in general, a lot of people who have negative comments online,” she said.

“I got it when I was rapping and doing hip-hop,” Chanel continued. “And now I’m still getting it doing country. It’s like, ‘No, you’re........

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