Ashley Cooke is a Florida native who made the move to Nashville at 18 to pursue a music career, and she has since performed at both the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium.
Lainey Wilson recently revealed an unexpected surprise to Cooke: that she was the iHeartCountry On The Verge Artist.
Cooke, left speechless, responded to Wilson, “Dude, thank you for telling me, too. It means a lot coming from you.” Wilson told Cooke that holding this honor was one of the biggest turning points in her life and that it changed it all.
Watch Ashley Cooke perform at RFD-TV Studios: