Rogan’s apology comes after Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter India Arie announced Thursday that she was pulling her music from Spotify, referencing Rogan’s racial slurs.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer
Spotify is facing growing discontent from artists over Rogan’s podcast, which it reportedly paid more than $100 million to license. Last month, musician Neil Young removed his music over concerns that Rogan was magnifying vaccine skepticism. “I was trying to make the story entertaining, and I said we got out and it was like we were in Africa. It’s like we were in ‘Planet of the Apes,’” Rogan said. He said he wasn’t trying to be racist but realized it was “an idiotic thing” to say. He said he deleted the podcast but that someone must have saved the clip.
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