She explained that her reasons for leaving Spotify went beyond the discussions about COVID on his podcast, and added that on social media, statements can be doctored or taken out of context. And with that decision, she shared the already-circulating clip of Rogan using the racial slur on her Instagram story. Singer India Arie is one of the latest to join the boycott. 003-.005% of a penny and you take this money that you generate over here… and you use it to invest in this guy?” -India Arie The backbone of Spotify is the music so you pay the musicians that are the backbone of your business. Young shared a similar view saying, “Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines-potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation.”Īs users and artists encourage people to leave the platform, Spotify quietly removed about 70 episodes of Rogan’s podcast on Friday and has yet to provide a public explanation. Doctors and scientists wrote an open letter to Spotify, asking for the company to take action against the “mass misinformation events” on the podcast. Rogan has been criticized for his content on the podcast surrounding COVID-19.
Not both," removing his music from the platform. The boycott started late last month with Neil Young, who gave the streaming platform an ultimatum: “Rogan or Young. Rogan has been in the spotlight the past couple of weeks as artists boycott Spotify, which exclusively hosts Rogan’s podcast in an over $100 million deal.
“I was trying to make the story entertaining,” Rogan said. In it, he refers to a Black neighborhood as “Planet of the Apes.” He also addressed another part of the clip where he's telling about being dropped off to see a movie with friends in Philadelphia. A post shared by Joe Rogan added that in some instances where he said it, he was quoting bits from comedians like Lenny Bruce or Paul Mooney.
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