Joe Rogan probably, REALLY doesn’t want Spotify to see this Instagram post
The blowback over podcast host Joe Rogan continues, as singer/podcast host India Arie has elaborated on the reasons she’s pulled her music and podcast from Spotify.Arie joined fellow musicians Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash, as well as fellow podcast host Mary L.
Trump in pulling her music and podcast from Spotify. The group has said publicly that they’ve done so in protest to the platform’s continued support of Joe Rogan and his spread of COVID-19 misinformation.Now, Arie wants the world to know, that COVID-19 misinformation was not the only issue she had with Rogan.Related: Joe Rogan just cost Spotify yet another famous podcastArie posted a lengthy video to Instagram to address her fans, the controversy, and to emphasize another issue she has with Rogan: his use of racist language.Arie begins the video by showing a clip of Rogan referring to a heavily black neighborhood as “Planet of the Apes.” She then clarifies her own stance to her followers.“I empathize with the people who are leaving for the COVID disinformation reasons,” Arie adds. “And I think they should.
I also think that Joe Rogan has the right to say what he wants to say. I also think that I have the right to say what I want to say.
So as an artist…Spotify is built on the back of the music streaming. They take the money built from streaming and pay this guy $100 million but pay us .003% of a penny.” A post shared by HOLLYWOOD UNLOCKED (@hollywoodunlocked)Arie then goes on to show an extended series of clips of Rogan using the “n-word” in his broadcasts.
