Rogan said it was “strange” to call someone Black “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.” Most recently, Rogan hit headlines for non-COVID related reasons due to comments he made to Jordan Peterson. 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. He said in a statement: “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. Graham Nash, who played alongside Young in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, has now also pulled his music from Spotify’s catalogue. Joni Mitchell soon pulled her music from Spotify in solidarity with Young. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” he wrote. Not Both.” He claimed that, due to The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify had become a source for COVID-19 misinformation.

The exodus was kickstarted by Neil Young, who gave Spotify an ultimatum: “They can have Rogan or Young. READ MORE: Neil Young’s music now gone from Spotify in Joe Rogan vaccine row.Singer-songwriters India.Arie and Graham Nash, as well as alt-rockers Failure, have pulled their music from the streaming platform. More artists have left Spotify due to the platform’s exclusive deal with controversial podcaster Joe Rogan.

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