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In the continued effort to runR.
(Itd alreadybanned white-supremacist bandsin August 2017.)
Instead, Color of Change suggested that their first order of business be going after R. Kelly.
And hes making money off that.
But, as was later reported and Collins-Dexter confirms, Spotify caved to industry fury.
Weeks after the cancellation,XXXTentacion was murderedand Collins-Dexter noticed that Spotify went into overdrive memorializing him with playlists.
Still, the feeling of being burned by their past work together lingered.
They were scared, she says.
It was clear to them that they needed to stand up in this moment.
But it was a big tension point within the organization about where the lines of free speech are.
Having the onus of holding artists accountable be on consumers versus corporations, though, is not ideal.
Its very conciliatory in a way, but it is something.
Its not the end-all be-all, but it could be one show of good faith from a corporate actor.
Color of Change responded by sending an email to Spotify expressing its disappointment at the rollout.
