Ian Carroll was asking a general question regarding "who is the Diddy ofcountry music?
My 2 cents is that it works differently in country music and you have the "control" families more out in front. Like theGaylordfamily.
You have Eddie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gaylord
"Edward Lewis Gaylord (May 28, 1919 – April 27, 2003) was an American billionaire businessman, media mogul and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company that included The Oklahoman newspaper, Oklahoma Publishing Co., Gaylord Hotels, the Nashville Network TV Channel (later renamed "SpikeTV","Spike" and Paramount Network after being sold off); the Grand Ole Opry, and the Country Music Television Channel (CMT) as well as the defunct Opryland USA theme park and a bankrupt airline, Western Pacific Airlines."
Caly Bennett married Eddie daughter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Bennett_(businessman)
"Clayton Ike Bennett (born 1959)[1] is an American businessman and chairman of the Professional Basketball Club LLC, the ownership group of the Oklahoma City Thunder, an NBA franchise formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics. Bennett is the chairman of Oklahoma City-based Dorchester Capital Corporation, as well as the chairman emeritus of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Heritage Association and served as chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma from 2011–2019."