What You Never Knew About Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's $200-million move to Spotify might have been a bonanza for him money-wise, but not everyone was happy. In early 2022, musician Neil Young asked the streamer to pull his music, according to Pitchfork. In a since-deleted open letter on his website, Young wrote that Spotify's platforming of Rogan meant the company was "spreading fake information about vaccines," after a group of doctors took Rogan to task for broadcasting vaccine inaccuracies. Joni Mitchell joined Young in pulling her music.

Rogan apologized, saying, "If I pissed you off, I'm sorry." He added that he wanted to hear how some medical experts' opinions differed from "the mainstream narrative." Rogan also said he'd support Spotify's decision to add a link to verified COVID-19 information to his podcast episodes.

But the controversy didn't end there. Singer India Arie drew attention to Rogan's repeated use of racial slurs. "He knew that was inappropriate, and I think the fact that he did it repeatedly, and was conscious, and knew, I think that is being racist," she said in an appearance on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah." At the same time, a compilation video of Rogan using the slurs went viral. Rogan apologized once again, saying, "I know that to most people, there's no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast. And I agree with that now." As of the time of this writing, Spotify has still not dropped Rogan, per The New York Times.

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