India.Arie Pulls Her Catalog from Spotify As Streamer Loses Billions in Wake of Joe Rogan Protest

Fans of India.Arie‘s ‘Strength, Courage, & Wisdom,’ ‘Video,’ ‘Little Things,’ ‘Brown Skin,’ and countless other timeless jams needn’t look to Spotify to spin them for the GRAMMY-winning soulstress has announced she’s in motion to remove the tunes from the platform in protest of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience.’

The latest in a growing number of artists fighting against the podcast, look inside to see what Arie said led to her decision.

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Taking to Instagram Monday night (January 31), India stunned her 929,000 followers when she revealed her music will no longer be streamable on Spotify.

“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.”

As referenced in her quote, legendary musician Neil Young was the first to make headlines after he publicly declared he wanted his tunes lifted from the streaming giant due to Rogan’s podcast intentionally spreading ‘misinformation’ about the global health crisis and vaccines. Once his announcement made headlines last week, Joni Mitchell followed suit.

On Sunday (January 30), Rogan said he had “no hard feelings towards Neil Young and definitely no hard feelings towards Joni Mitchell.” Spotify also acknowledged the hoopla via an official statement.

With India.Arie now aboard the movement, it’s anticipated even more performers will sign up to take their music from Spotify – not only in protest of Rogan’s show but also to challenge what have been dubbed ‘unfair treatment and payment’ to artists. Sources are reporting Spotify stock has plummeted as a result of the fallout, costing them billions in the process.

In her IG post, Arie also touched on the latter topic.

photo courtesy: India. Arie’s Instagram

This is the second time in as many months the ‘I Am Not My Hair’ singer has called out the music industry. Click here to read her fiery rant in which she deemed the business to be ‘racist’ and ‘sexist.’