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The Band Formerly Known as Lady Antebellum Has Already Lost (Guest Column)

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Jeremy Helligar And the battle between the two Lady A’s — mega-successful white country band v. obscure Black blues singer — continues.

Now lawyers are involved, and no matter who ends up being victorious in the quest to stake a legal claim to the name, the Lady A formerly known as Lady Antebellum has already lost.The showdown began in June shortly after Lady Antebellum announced on Twitter that in the wake of protests following the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a white cop, they’d done deep soul searching and decided to change their name from Lady Antebellum  —  the A-word, Latin for “before the war,” is drenched in slavery-era subtext  —  to the seemingly less triggering Lady A.

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