‘I Don’t Believe In Cancel Culture’: India Arie Speaks On Leaving Spotify Over Joe Rogan Drama

India Arie recently became one of many musicians either threatening to or following through on pulling their music from Spotify. The singer recently clarified her stance, saying she doesn’t subscribe to cancel culture and explaining how she was standing up for her “dignity.” This all had to do with the most controversial podcaster in America right now: Joe Rogan.

The “Steady Love” composer was already unique from some other musicians removing their music from the platform because she didn’t take issue with Rogan bringing on guests who deviated from mainstream opinions on COVID-19. Instead, she wasn’t happy with how the popular podcaster spoke about racial issues. 

Later, the singer went on “Good Morning America” to share her thoughts on cancel culture, Fox News reported.  

“I am in no position to tell Spotify not to have Joe Rogan. I don’t believe in cancel culture. I didn’t even call Joe Rogan a racist,” Arie said. “What I said was, I don’t like it, take me off. But mostly this is a conversation about me standing up for my dignity. Because how far can somebody go before it’s like ‘OK, I’m tired now’?”