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Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has apologized for a since-deleted tweet in which he claimed that he didn’t think Joe Rogan was “racist” because he “works with Black people.” “I don’t think Joe Rogan is a racist — the man interacts with and works with black people literally all of the time,” Yang tweeted on Sunday […]

With Joe Rogan facing backlash over his past use of the N-word and other racial slurs, an major fixture in the hip-hop industry is forgiving controversial podcast host. Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince took to Instagram on Monday to defend Rogan, claiming he “is not a racist.” “Joe Rogan is not a racist,” J. Prince wrote in a post. “I know this […]

T-Pain has weighed in on the ongoing saga over Spotify’s platforming of Joe Rogan, who is currently at the center of two controversies. In a recent chat with TMZ, T-Pain shared his thoughts on cancel culture before the topic of criticism leveled against Joe Rogan for COVID-19 misinformation and his repeated use of the N-word in the past came […]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appears to be reconsidering his support of Joe Rogan. After India Arie shared a clip of Rogan using the N-word and other racial slurs over the course of 12 years, Johnson was taken to task online over his initial support of Rogan amid his growing Spotify controversy. “You’re a hero to many people and using […]

Joe Rogan has addressed the ongoing pushback facing Spotify in connection with episodes of his podcast that have been called out for platforming pandemic-related misinformation. In a nearly 10-minute video shared to Instagram, the comedian and UFC commentator argued that “a lot of people” have what he says is a “distorted perception” of the podcast’s intentions. “The […]

Unfortunately, it’s time for another Joe Rogan-focused headline. During a recent podcast interview with oft-criticized conservative figure Jordan Peterson, as spotted by the nonprofit watchdog organization Media Matters, the UFC-commentating comedian made remarks about racial identity and skin tone that have since been called out as racist. The comments, notably, were preceded with Rogan’s mention of […]

Neil Young wants all of his music removed from Spotify immediately and explained why in a since-deleted open letter posted to his website. According to the letter cited by Rolling Stone, the musician wishes to have the rest of his music removed from the streamer because he believes they are “spreading fake information about vaccines.” Young blames the spread […]

270 doctors, scientists, nurses, and educators signed an open letter to Spotify, urging that the platform take more of a stand in preventing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.  The final straw came when Dr. Robert Malone appeared on the New Year’s Eve episode of JRE. Malone was suspended from Twitter shortly before his appearance for posting […]

After being away for two months on summer vacation and allowing other hosts to take over the show in his absence, Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night television show on Tuesday. Kimmel opened the episode with some jokes and remarks about the pandemic and unvaccinated people putting others at risk. “Dr. Fauci said that if hospitals get […]

In his first podcast since testing positive for COVID-19, Joe Rogan responded to the backlash he received for saying he would be using Ivermectin. Rogan also went after CNN’s coverage of his diagnosis in which people on the network criticized him for touting unproven treatments. “Do I have to sue CNN?” Rogan asked guest Tom Segura in reference to their coverage […]