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Scotty McCreery
Raised in Garner, in the Raleigh area of North Carolina.
Photo: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Biography
Scotty McCreery grew up in Garner, North Carolina and won the tenth season of American Idol in 2011 while still in high school.
He has since released multiple albums and charted a run of country number ones.
Carolina story
His Idol win was a Wake County event as much as a national one, and he has remained based in North Carolina.
Music
Career & impact
McCreery is the rare teenage competition winner who built a sustained country career on his own terms.
Sources
This is an original Drake Magazine editorial profile built from verifiable public record. It is not an exclusive interview, and no quotes, awards or recordings have been invented.