'Paying musicians a fraction of a penny? And him $100m?' she wrote.
'Unless you're talking to someone who is like 100 per cent African, from the darkest place, where they're not wearing any clothes all day, and they've developed all that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, you know, even the term 'black' is weird,' Rogan said last week, during a conversation with his guest Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist and climate change sceptic.Īrie also called out Spotify and its deal with Rogan, thought to be worth more than $100 million. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his Covid interviews.'Īrie said her issues with Rogan were his 'language around race', referring to a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in which he made offensive comments about African nations and said it was 'weird' to use the term 'black' as an identifier. Neil Young opened a door that I must walk through,' the singer posted on Instagram. 'I have decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify. On Tuesday, four-time Grammy-winner India Arie added her name to a small but growing cadre of artists who have joined Neil Young in distancing themselves from the popular streaming platform. Despite his assurances that he's not trying to promote Covid-19 misinformation and that he's not trying to be controversial, the backlash against Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan continues.
