![]() (Preview clips were removed by YouTube for violating the site’s community guidelines, but the three-hour-long episode remains live on Spotify. But as the pandemic rolled around, the Swedish streaming company found themselves with a new dilemma on their hands, as Rogan began using his podcast to amplify conspiracy theories about the virus, whether publicizing the views of anti-vaxxer guests, endorsing treatments such as ivermectin that have been widely disproven to be effective against Covid, or in the most recent instance, hosting Malone, who used the episode to promote the notion that hospitals are being financially incentivized to falsify Covid mortalities and compared U.S. At the time, many music fans (and, indeed, Spotify employees) questioned the decision, given Rogan’s history of racist remarks, transphobic jokes, and misogyny. Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. The comedian’s frequent and sometimes inaccurate claims about Covid-19 and vaccines on his very popular, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast led some artists to leave the site in protest. Popular Spotify podcast host Joe Rogan, who is white, apologized early Saturday morning for previously using the N-word after the musician India Arie, who is Black, posted a video montage. But how did the controversy begin?įirst, there was the deal Spotify signed with Rogan in 2020, in which the company reportedly paid over $100 million for exclusive rights to his hit podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” It comes after growing concern from medical professionals in the wake of a particularly controversial episode of Rogan’s podcast in December featuring the vaccine skeptic and right-wing media star Dr. Joni Mitchell has joined Young over Joe Rogan in removing her music from Spotify, and Apple did not miss the opportunity to have a sly dig at its streaming rival. ![]() “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” she wrote in a statement posted to her website. ![]() Both artists have now removed their music from the platform, accusing Spotify of allowing Covid misinformation to spread by continuing to stream Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. Likewise, there is a difference between misinformation, in which one is unaware that what is being said is false, versus disinformation which is knowingly false and intended to mislead and sway public opinion.” The “270 medical professionals” he cites are those who penned a recent open letter to Spotify.On Friday, the legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell announced she would be joining fellow musician Neil Young in his protest against Spotify. “There is a difference between being open to varying viewpoints on a matter and knowingly spreading false information which some 270 medical professionals have derided as not only false but dangerous. Last week, Canadian music legend Neil Young opened a very large can of worms when he pulled his music from Spotify, accusing the streaming giant and specifically podcast host and UFC commentator. ![]() “Having heard the Covid disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the service,” Nash wrote. It became exclusive to Spotify in 2020 when Rogan signed a multi-year licensing deal reportedly worth about 100 million. ![]() Nash issued a statement on Tuesday announcing his support of his former bandmate Young and taking the streamer to task for continuing to enable Rogan. The Joe Rogan Experience was Spotifys most popular podcast globally in 2021. The latest performers to ask the streaming service to remove their catalogs? Graham Nash and India Arie. The artist departures from Spotify related to Joe Rogan’s controversial comments about COVID-19 continue to roll in after Neil Young led the charge, and after Spotify addressed the issue and Rogan issued an apology. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Spotify picked Rogan a podcaster it paid a reported 100 million for not two years ago but if the streaming giant hoped that would draw a line under the controversy. ![]()
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