Joe Rogan apologized for repeatedly saying a racial slur on his podcast and insisted he's 'not racist.'
Rogan used the word more than 20 times in the clips from different podcast episodes, which he said were compiled over a span of 12 years. In his apology, Rogan said it's the"most regretful and shameful thing" he has ever had to address publicly.
Now Spotify, one of the biggest streaming services in the world, is under intense pressure because it is the exclusive distributor of Rogan's popular show.SEE ALSO |But a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business that the company has been having conversations with Rogan's team about concerns with some of his past episodes.
According to a 2021 report from The New York Times, music industry estimates place Spotify's payout rate to musical artists at a half-cent per stream, a rate that is often divided among record companies and artists. Rogan claims that he previously used the N-word as part of a context -- such as when he discussed a Richard Pryor album or the repeated use of the word in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film"Pulp Fiction."
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