Clint Black is responsible in-part for the mass-market popularity of country music in the 1990's. Clint Black is also one of the first country artists that were equally influenced by rock-oriented pop and country. Black is still touted as on of the most popular and acclaimed vocalist of the 1990's. Clint Black was born in New Jersey and was raised in Katy, TX and began playing guitar at the age of 13.