Kicking off his nationwide tour in Washington, D.C., at U Street Music Hall, Jacob Whitesides is not your average teenager. At only 18, Whitesides has already starred on The X Factor, acquired over ...

Pop singer-songwriter Jacob Whitesides titled his first album “Why?,” but there wasn’t a question about opening for fellow Nashville songsmith Ben Rector when asked.

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