India Arie Leaving Spotify True Reason Revealed, Is It Really Because of Joe Rogan Spotify Drama?

For the past month, Joe Rogan's controversial podcast and Neil Young leaving Spotify have stirred headlines because it seemed to have opened a can of worms.

Neil Young has exited Spotify because he believes that the streaming giant has tolerated COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation through Rogan's exclusive podcast.

Rogan currently has a $100 million exclusivity contract with Spotify for his podcast.

The Country singer's exit has prompted other artists to join forces with Young and call for the streaming giant to remove the said podcast.

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A week before Young's exit, almost 270 medical and science community members penned Spotify an open letter about Joe Rogan's Spotify podcast, describing it as "not only objectionable and offensive, but also medically and culturally dangerous."

One of the many artists who have exited the platform was Grammy-winning Soul singer India Arie.

Her initial reason for pulling out her music on Spotify was Joe Rogan's problematic COVID-19 interviews and his "language around race."

"I believe in freedom of speech. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his COVID interviews," she mentioned prior.

But recently, the Soul songstress has clarified her real reasons for leaving Spotify.

What were the true reasons?

India Arie has now highlighted how Spotify's Royalty plan and business practices affected her choice in a recent interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show.

Asked if Joe Rogan was the reason why she left the platform, "My conversation has been about Spotify and its treatment of artists," Arie mentioned.

"I have to say that asking for my music to be pulled from Spotify in protest doesn't actually serve me," the songstress added, "but I did it in protest just because I felt like my dignity was being ... I felt like I was being disrespected."

Additionally, India Arie touched on artists' royalty payments from the streaming platform.

"This is just how it is; this is just what you get paid. But the labels and streaming platforms are making those decisions. And so they're telling you, This is what we've decided, this is what you get."

Arie explained that artists like her only get ".003 to .005 percent of a penny, " which has been making producers and songwriters suffer.