Giddy up! Beyoncé’s brand-new cd is out March 29, and the Grammy Award-winning musician launched on Instagram what seemed a tracklist on March 27 that consists of a reference to the chitlin circuit, a network of places where Black artists might carry out securely in between the 1930s and the 1960s.

The going to the Instagram article is “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit,” and it admires the unrecognized and introducing Black entertainers that came prior to her, that led the way for rock ‘n’ roll.

Chitlin circuit places often tended to be in locations of the set apart South where Black entertainers weren’t permitted, however it was secured by movie theaters in the Midwest and Northeast with big Black populaces like the Apollo in New York City, the Howard in Washington D.C., and the Regal in Chicago. As songs reporter Preston Lauterbach explained the relevance of the network in his publication The Chitlin’ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll, “It was one of the few places that Black culture could be celebrated.”

The word chitlin describes a southerly recipe made from pig intestinal tracts. While they’re not a specifically preferable component of the pet, lots of prominent musicians carried out in areas that offered the dish; entertainers like Blues tale Bobby Rush also declare they obtained chitlins as repayment. 

Some of one of the most preferred Black artists to elegance the chitlin circuit consist of Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, the Jackson 5, and Tina Turner. 

“The Chitlin’ Circuit was African-Americans making something beautiful out of something ugly,” Lauterbach told NPR in 2014, “whether it’s making cuisine out of hog intestines or making world-class entertainment despite being excluded from all of the world-class venues, all of the fancy white clubs and all the first-rate white theaters.”

Urban renewal projects of the 1960s and 1970s demolished many landmarks in Black communities, including stops on the chitlin circuit. A 1970 TIME magazine article also pointed out that increased television viewership “helped kill off the so-called “Chitlin’ Circuit” of black selection homes.” But Beyoncé’s callback to the chitlin circuit will certainly guarantee that this history will certainly not be neglected.