{"id":1713396,"date":"2022-10-27T07:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713396"},"modified":"2022-10-27T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:06:15","slug":"spotify-not-removing-kanye-wests-music-despite-awful-anti-semitic-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spotify-not-removing-kanye-wests-music-despite-awful-anti-semitic-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Not Removing Kanye West\u2019s Music Despite \u201cAwful\u201d Anti-Semitic Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspotify-not-removing-kanye-wests-music-despite-awful-anti-semitic-comments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has attacked Kanye West for his \u201cjust awful\u201d anti-Semitic outbursts \u2014 but insisted he has no plans to yank his music from the streaming giant.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to calls to pull the artist now known as Ye from his site, Ek insisted that it would only be an issue if the fallen fashion mogul\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/09\/kanye-west-suspended-from-twitter-after-making-antisemitic-post\/\">\u201cjust awful comments\u201d <\/a>were broadcast on Spotify, such as in a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really just his music, and his music doesn\u2019t violate our policy,\u201d Ek said of Ye\u2019s material on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s up to his label, if they want to take action or not,\u201d said Ek of the decision over Ye\u2019s groundbreaking catalog of music.<\/p>\n<p>If such a request was made, \u201cObviously we\u2019ll respect their wishes,\u201d insisted Ek.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Music\u2019s Def Jam label owns the copyright to West\u2019s recordings from 2002 through 2016, with its record contract expiring last year with \u201cDONDA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without calling for the rapper\u2019s music to be removed, the label stressed: \u201cThere is no place for antisemitism in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood power broker Ari Emanuel was among those calling for music services to yank Ye after the rapper promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/18\/kanye-west-claims-a-jewish-media-mafia-is-out-to-get-him\/\">anti-Semitic conspiracy theories<\/a> in interviews and on social media, starting with a tweet saying he planned to go \u201cdeath con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-feat-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-feat-image.jpg\" alt=\"Spotify CEO Daniel Ek speaks during a media event in New York in 2015.\" class=\"wp-image-24404964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said there are no plans to yank Kanye West\u2019s music because his \u201cjust awful comments\u201d did not occur in interviews not on the site.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-01.jpg\" alt=\"Kanye West in L.A. Friday.\" class=\"wp-image-24404969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kanye West, now known as Ye, repeatedly doubled down on anti-Semitic attacks even as he was abandoned by a flood of his key business partners.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">mcla@broadimage \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since then, Ye has been dropped by talent agency CAA as well as giant fashion brands <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/balenciaga-cuts-ties-with-kanye-west\/\">like Balenciaga <\/a>and GAP.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he lost his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/25\/adidas-to-drop-kanye-west-after-his-anti-semitic-outbursts\/\">biggest partnership, Adidas<\/a> \u2014 a painful answer to his claim days earlier that \u201cI can say anti-Semitic things, and Adidas can\u2019t drop me. Now what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The end of his Yeezy partnership instantly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/25\/kanye-west-no-longer-a-billionaire-after-adidas-split-forbes\/\">ended his billionaire status<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-06.jpg\" alt=\"Adidas retail store in NJ.\" class=\"wp-image-24404961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/kanye-west-spotify-music-removal-06.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ye\u2019s billionaire status ended when he was dropped by Adidas days after bragging that the sportswear giant \u201ccan\u2019t drop\u201d him even if he says \u201canti-Semitic things.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ek has famously stood up for free speech on his site, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/04\/spotify-ceo-stands-by-joe-rogan-says-company-wont-be-dictating-the-discourse\/\">backing star podcaster Joe Rogan <\/a>when aging rocker Neil Young gave a him-or-me ultimatum about the UFC commentator\u2019s then-controversial chats about COVID.<\/p>\n<p>However, Spotify has faced backlash when it punished musicians for their personal misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service removed R Kelly\u2019s music from its playlists and recommendations in 2018 following allegations of sexual misconduct. It walked back the policy after other artists threatened boycotts, giving users a mute button to block particular artists, instead.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has attacked Kanye West for his \u201cjust awful\u201d anti-Semitic outbursts \u2014 but insisted he has no plans to yank his music from the streaming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1713399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1713396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1713399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}