'Kanye West Essentials Playlist Disappears From Apple Music Following
Playlist Disappears From Apple Music Following
Apple Music
appears to have joined the widening list of businesses distancing themselves from Kanye West in
The streaming
music giant has apparently pulled Kanye West Essentials Playlist, after the rap veteran, who now
Billboard has
reached out to Apple for comment, though the tech giant’s reps hadn’t responded
Earlier this
week, Daniel Ek, CEO at Spotify, Apple Music’s rival, addressed the hip-hop star and
“It’s really
just his music, and his music doesn’t violate our policy,” Ek told Reuters,
Ek went
on to explain that Ye’s anti-Semitic comments would have been yanked from Spotify if
WME chief
Ari Emanuel directly called on West’s corporate partners, particularly Spotify and Apple Music, to
Since then,
talent agency CAA dropped him as a client, MRC Entertainment shelved a completed documentary on
Earlier in
the week, Ye lost his biggest corporate backer, the sportswear giant Adidas, with which he
“Adidas does
not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the company said in a
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