Jimmie Allen put his own spin on country music — and is now reaping the rewards
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Amid the thunderous echo of pins colliding, Jimmie Allen unspools his professional ambitions.
He has already created his own production company, written a children's book and been the executive music producer for a Netflix show, but he wants to do a stint on Broadway as Aaron Burr. He wants to start his own clothing line. He wants to open a charter music school with a curriculum that doesn't revolve around testing. He wants to do a reality TV show with his wife. He wants to train as a WWE wrestler. And he has this idea for a sitcom.
"In my head, it's kind of about me moving from Delaware to Nashville," Allen says. "It's kind of like a comedy, and it plays on racial stereotypes a lot. It's pretty much saying what everybody is thinking,
