After Spotify announced its new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy earlier this month, the backlash was swift. Many people pointed out that the company would essentially have to remove the music of thousands of artists based on behavior in their privates lives.
Consequently, the streaming service behemoth will reportedly “partially walk back” the policy.
According to Bloomberg, representatives for artists like Kendrick Lamar called Spotify Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek and head of artist relations Troy Carter, and threatened to pull their music if the current policy stuck.
TDE is home to artists like K-Dot, ScHoolboy Q, SZA and Ab-Soul.
When TDE president Terrence “Punch” Henderson learned of the policy, he took to Twitter to express his opinion. “Whoa. Are they censoring the music? That’s dangerous,” he wrote.
R. Kelly and XXXTENTACION’s catalogs were among the first to be affected by the policy. Spotify removed their music from Spotify-curated playlists in an ambitious attempt to adjust to the #METOO era. Although Spotify made the decision to restore X’s music, there are currently no plans to promote Kelly’s catalog again.
In a strange twist, Kelly’s streaming numbers actually increased following the policy’s implementation.
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They really thought this one through didn’t they? What does it take to run a business these days?
Just a reminder that someone who’s humble asf yet still eating like Kendrick is defending an artist who everyone hates just for past charges that he did to women who obviously weren’t good to him and Spotify is actually listening cause they know Kenny sells and X might sell more too just cause Kenny’s respect lol are the people running Spotify Akademiks fans?
Incredibly disgusted by Lamar on this issue….disgusted. The “man” he is defending threatened to rape his pregnant gf WITH A BBQ FORK for cheating on him while in prison. If you are defending this monster, you are fucking TRASH. IF YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN DEFENDING THIS….FUCK YOU, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.
R Kelly should be in front of a Judge fighting for his freedom right now. I think it’s Sad what females would do and have done just to get next to him. For the ones that were blind sided thinking they were going to get singing lessons possibly a record deal was “allegedly” forced to engage in sexual misconduct is SAD. I will continue to pray for them and him. Waiting for the outcome of this mess.
Drunk as hell slurping his words