Spotify will no longer be promoting R. Kelly’s music by placing it on its editorial or algorithmic playlists. This comes as a result of its new Hate Content and Hateful Conduct policy. The policy details what kind of content as well as conduct falls under their judgment of “hateful.”
The policy stipulates, “We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions — what we choose to program — to reflect our values. When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful, it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.”
In a statement to Billboard, Spotify explained, “We are removing R. Kelly’s music from all Spotify owned and operated playlists and algorithmic recommendations such as Discover Weekly. His music will still be available on the service, but Spotify will not actively promote it.”
All of this comes at the tail end of a whirlwind of headlines surrounding the R&B singer, including new sexual abuse allegations, the announcement of a Lifetime documentary surrounding the accusations made against him, the emergence of the #MuteRKelly movement, and a strongly worded, public denouncement by Vince Staples at Coachella.
Spotify worked with several organizations to come up with a well-rounded criteria for its policy, including The Southern Poverty Law Center, The Anti-Defamation League, Color Of Change, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), GLAAD, Muslim Advocates, and the International Network Against Cyber Hate.
As of now, R. Kelly is the only artist that Spotify has publicly stated falls under this Hate Content and Hateful Conduct provision.
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So that’s the hip-hop and rock genres fucked
Nah its just the pedophile artists getting fucked here.
No evidence of kelly being a pedo. Meanwhile, chris brown beats women up on the daily yet inexplicably continues to be loved by many. Why not ban chris instead? He hasn’t had a hit in 5 years anyway.
Because Chris Brown still sells and R. Kelly doesn’t. $.$
When was the last time brown had a hit?
beats women up on the daily? Compared to how many out of court settlements Kellys been involved in? You don’t spend millions like that if you’re hiding something you spend the millions to fight it….
R kelly was found innocent in 2008. Chris brown abusing Rihanna was caught and he admitted it. Why is that bastard still getting attention?
If what someone does to you is so bad you want to see them rot in jail. Money wouldn’t mean anything. Look at that MJ case. They took the money and it was all BS. You telling me if someone touched your child you’d accept money? GTFOH
The R is a very talented artist I would have loved to see a song produced by Dre at one point in his career. But the publicity stunt with him and the cult victim walking thru the Mall (allegedly) shopping but buying nothing, more like window shopping and her being in L.A. all by her lonely was to “fake and phony”!!! Kick these girls to the curb before they ruin you and your career!!!
No evidence here of his alleged acts. This is clearly an attack on him for his race by white people and uncle toms.
YEEEEEHAAAW BOI, long live the white supremacists! Hail to the white kings of the world
This might be Cosby part two. If Kelly isn’t careful. Someone might try to bring him o trial again if he’s still messing with under aged girls.
Still giving him shit for his marriage to aliyah? It was 25 years ago and both were drunk and married under the influence
ooooh Danny boi, take a chill pill ya weak f*ck
The community on this site reliably defend cowardly and sick men who abuse women. I sincerely hope your mothers, sisters, wives, girlfriends never have to encounter the sort of people you defend. And if they are, doubt you’ll be skeptical of their reports then.
Don’t bother yourself these people really don’t exist outside of the internet you’re not going to find them defending these guys in the real world
He was found innocent in courts.
ASEE, you’re a sheep. You believe what he leftist media, the side with the God complex, want you to believe.
so no elvis, marvin gaye, chuck berry, & about 1000 more artists who diddled young girls on record, when r kelly was found not guilty & now its just allegations lol never used spotify never will so its mute, not to mention rap rock punk lyrics that in reality promote hate haha clueless sensative generation
Good! But What about xxxtencation…and Kanye!..just saying…
This is dangerous and I don’t think they should banned him..what’s next…Getting removed for having different opinions…..
How many artists have had the talent and success that Robert has? This is some lame ass bullshit, you will actively promote music that says smack that bitch, trick that hoe, bus that pu$$y for a ni99a but will talk smack about the R? SMH! oh but Hugh Heff and Agent orange are model citizens
Robert, is that you?
I know who this is. People should have a choice of who they want to hear despite the personality flaws. The person should get help. It should be the fans decided to boycott the artist or music.
Great now to the library to burn some books .
Right, I agree people should have the choice of what artist they want to hear or see. Even if the artist has flaws people should still have that choice. also if you’re a true fan you would want your favorite artist to get help.
Wait til Weinstein movies aren’t available anymore then all the fake ‘I’m disgusted by R.Kelly’ wave riders will see that this is a bigger issue
he peed on a young teenager on video. people forget that.
I know he’s PISSED…pun intended LOL
Fuck Spotify, I’m gonna cancel my subscription now that their in the censorship business.
Well in that case they might as well remove 80% of their rap music
OMG some of all are dubm as a box of bricks. Did you nitwits read the F*cking article!? his music will still be there but they will not promote. Read BEFORE you comment, jackasses.
Exactly.. ppl just commenting and not even reading the article.. ?s
fucking hell.
Music is still there just not going promoted in playlists. This anti-PC bullshit is one of the saddest fucking things in the world. “OHhhh because of this snowflake PC culture all of a sudden a private company can choose to limit the business they do with a child rapist and a violent sociopathic serial woman beater.” Fist Child rapists and then who’s next? right?
The music is all still there as well you simpleton fucking cunts. How stupid can people get.
Hahaha. ‘Hateful content’. Guilty until proven innocent. I’m uninstalling Spotify. What a fkn joke. This will inflate the egos of those self-important journalists and twitter police who think their opinion means something.