Podcast host Joe Rogan has been under public scrutiny since Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, India.Arie and Mary Trump pulled their material from the streaming platform due to Rogan’s alleged “misinformation” about COVID-19 vaccines. Adding insult to injury, video of Rogan repeatedly using the “N-word” surfaced online, calling his character into question.
Spotify’s Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek addressed Rogan’s past use of racial slurs on Sunday night (February 6), telling staff in a memo he found the comments “incredibly hurtful” and inconsistent with company values but didn’t believe “silencing” Rogan would solve anything, according to CNN.
But Ek isn’t the only one in Rogan’s corner. On Monday (February 7), Rap-A-Lot Records founder J. Prince came to Rogan’s defense while reiterating it’s absolutely not OK for a White person to use the slur — even with an “a” at the end.
“Joe Rogan is not a racist,” he wrote. “I know this brother. It takes a sincere individual to admit when they are wrong and have fucked up about a situation. As you can hear he’s done that and I forgive him because I never want to become one of those people that are filled with un-forgiveness and hate, that we complain about all the time.
“Let this be an example to others of the sensitivity of the word ‘n-gga’ being said by anybody other than a n-gga lol.”
Joe Rogan used the derogatory word more than 20 times in the clips from several different podcast episodes, which he said were compiled over a 12-year span. In his apology video, Rogan said it’s the “most regretful and shameful thing” he’s ever had to address publicly.
R&B Legend India Arie Pulling Music From Spotify Over Joe Rogan's 'Language Around Race'
“I know that to most people, there’s no context where a White person is ever allowed to say that, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that,” he said. “Now, I haven’t said it in years. I certainly would never want to offend someone for entertainment with something as stupid as racism.”
On Friday (February 4), tracking site JRE Missing determined Spotify had removed more than 70 episodes Rogan’s podcast, many at Rogan’s request.
R&B singer Indie.Arie said her decision to remove her music from Spotify in the wake of the Rogan controversy wasn’t based solely on the COVID-19 debacle.
“I have decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify,” she wrote. “Neil Young opened a door that I MUST walk through. 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. What I am talking about is RESPECT – who gets it and who doesn’t.”
Maybe white people shouldn’t be allowed to spend money on music that uses the N word either. See how well that works for ya…
Shut your biittch mouth and get them hotdogs in you before I slap the white out of you, ho.
White people who come back with these conspiracies about why it should be okay for them to use the N word are weird to me. Just take your L, stfu, and keep it moving. People have told you the shit is wack, so why are you arguing about it with what aboutisms?
Two White People Rules To Be Down :
1.) Don’t come wack
2.) Don’t say the N word
Easy right?
Shut up, white bitch. First of all, the first amendment. You can say whatever you like. Secondly, he was directly QUOTING someone every time he said it. So if Tom Brady is singing along to an OFB song and sings the word in a lyric, he is racist. I’m a Latino. Latinos say that shit all day. I don’t. I think it’s corny when anyone says it. It’s a stupid word that offends and hurts stupid people, used by stupid people. It’s like some dork helping you he got some pussy. Grow up already. BTW. You cosplay white dudes are my favorite kind of racists. The self hating type. SMH
So does that mean we’re going after Joe Biden too? He has a long history of saying the word. Since everyone want to act upset.
Wealthy black entertainers typically speak on the mistakes of other blacks or when letting white people know that the mistakes their entertainers have made are ok. We still love them. Now that you’ve addressed this JP can you address the long list of more pressing issues affecting our community?
$0.003 – $0.005 per stream~~’nuff said!