I mean, as much as I think some of the things I’ve heard him say in these videos is disgusting, he can say it. “You know, I said in my statement that I believe in freedom of speech, and I do. India.Arie on what Spotify can do to address her concerns: And so I am working to have it pulled down.” And it’s not always my job to educate people about how I feel, although I try. And I’m a little bit nervous about it because I know people are gonna conflate the conversations and some people are gonna judge me and they’re gonna say it’s not my business and you know all these things because it is a little bit of a different reason than Joni and Neil but also, it’s my truth. And so I’ve been doing that since maybe around May, and so when this came up, I had to do it. And so artists are underpaid and Joe Rogan gets paid all this money and it’s hard for me to, these days, just sit back and go, ‘Oh, well, that’s how it goes.’ I made a commitment with myself, after reading this book by Martha Beck called The Way of Integrity – she challenges the reader to an integrity cleanse and it means telling the whole truth all the time and see what it will make of your life. One is the Joe Rogan conversation and for me his language around race and some of the things I’ve seen and heard, but also coupled with that, there is the treatment of artists by Spotify. “Yes, I decided to pull my music and my podcast from Spotify but it’s dual. India.Arie on her decision to pull her podcast and music from Spotify:
While it’s clear that the controversy is far from over, it’s important to realize that this is a multi-faceted issue and that race and global health are at the center.
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