Exclusive: Mickey Guyton: 'I never stood up for myself, ever'

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Mickey Guyton, the last 18 months have been nothing short of a whirlwind.The 37-year-old finally broke into the mainstream after almost 20 years of push backs with the powerful and polarising songs, Black Like Me and What Are You Going To Tell Her?She went on to become the first black woman to perform at the American Country Music awards, the first black woman to host the Country Music Awards, and the first black woman to be nominated for a Grammy in the country music category.MORE: Country star Carly Pearce wows in strapless bridal dress during 'greatest moment' of her lifeBut it all came at a time of enormous upheaval in the US and around the globe, as people began to finally grapple with racism and questioned how they could become not.