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Neil Young quit Spotify because of Joe Rogan. These artists follow his lead

Veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young recently urged "other artists and record companies" to "move off the SPOTIFY platform and stop supporting SPOTIFY's deadly misinformation about COVID." Some of his music peers have answered the call. On Jan. 26, Young made good on his threat to remove his songs from Spotify unless the streaming service agreed to cut ties with controversial podcast host Joe ...

Veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young recently urged "other artists and record companies" to "move off the SPOTIFY platform and stop supporting SPOTIFY's deadly misinformation about COVID."

Some of his music peers have answered the call.

On Jan. 26, Young made good on his threat to remove his songs from Spotify unless the streaming service agreed to cut ties with controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, who has drawn criticism for fueling conspiracy theories about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines on the wildly popular "Joe Rogan Experience."

When Spotify failed to drop Rogan, Young pulled the trigger.

"Spotify represents 60% of the streaming of my music to listeners around the world ... Yet my [record label] stood with

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