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India.Arie To Pull Music From Spotify In Solidarity With Neil Young, But… Because of ‘Problematic’ Joe Rogan’s ‘Language Around Race’
Arie is taking action because of Spotify’s tepid response, seen by some as a reaffirmation of Joe Rogans’ wordplay, whom she referred to as being “problematic”, saying that she came to her decision as she felt she should “walk” through a door “opened” by Neil Young.
Grammy Award-winning musician India Aria has revealed she’s removing her music from Spotify because of Joe Rogan’s “language around race”.
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Arie referred to the podcaster as being “problematic”, saying that she came to her decision as she felt she should “walk” through a door “opened” by Neil Young.
Last week, Young asked that his music be removed from the platform due to its affiliation with Rogan, whom he said had spread “false in formation” regarding Covid-19 vaccines.
Elaborating upon her reasoning for asking her music to be withdrawn from the platform, “Brown Skin” singer Arie wrote in a statement on Tuesday (2/1): “I believe in freedom of speech. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons OTHER than his Covid interviews…FOR ME ITS ALSO HIS language around race.”
While she didn’t specifically mention what she was referring to, Rogan previously caused controversy for hosting a podcast episode in which he welcomed his guest, the YouTuber and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, to discuss what they believe it means to be Black.