Folk icon Joni Mitchelland a smattering of others joined in Young’s boycott in the following days.
And this week Grammy-winning singerIndia.Arie widened the protestto address racial slurs made on past episodes of Rogan’s podcast.
And even if chart-toppers speak up, Spotify may not uproot Rogan.
That “real lot” could include protests by today’s musical superstars.
Ultimatums from recording artists of their rank could force Spotify’s hand.
None has weighed in publicly yet.
(Representatives didn’t respond to messages seeking comment.)
A large part of Rogan’s appeal to his audience is courting controversy.
Comments on his podcasts have also been lambasted astransphobicand racist.
Young, shesaid, “opened a door that I MUST walk through.”
He defended hosting guests like McCullough and Malone.
COVID-19 vaccines, specifically, have beenproven safe and effectiveagainst severe disease, hospitalization and death.
Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce stonewalled Spotify for years.
Jay-Z pulled most his solo work off Spotify from April 2017 until the end of 2019.
Swift also famously blackballed the service.
Her musicreturned in 2017.
Last year, she was the second most played artist on Spotify worldwide.
Spotify won’t act as a censor, Ek said then, but it will be more transparent.
