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re: Grammy winner Jeff Tweedy to direct royalties to reparations fund in hometown Chicago.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 2:50 pm to Oxford Comma
Posted on 3/16/21 at 2:50 pm to Oxford Comma
Actually it’s about white guilt, virtue signaling and attention seeking. Hence the publicity surrounding his decision to donate 5% of his royalties to wronged musicians of a bygone era. In my opinion, judging by the optics of popular music of today, these past atrocities has already corrected themselves.
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Posted on 3/16/21 at 3:19 pm to LSUballs
He's been talking about this for a while. This article is from last June.
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Tweedy opened his statement by noting that the modern music industry is “built almost entirely on black art” and that “the wealth that rightfully belonged to black artists was stolen outright and to this day continues to grow outside their communities.” He went on to effectively call for reparations for decades of music industry exploitation and the creation of “some initiative that would allow us all to redirect a portion of our revenue to the communities that have been deprived of it.”
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Tweedy opened his statement by noting that the modern music industry is “built almost entirely on black art” and that “the wealth that rightfully belonged to black artists was stolen outright and to this day continues to grow outside their communities.” He went on to effectively call for reparations for decades of music industry exploitation and the creation of “some initiative that would allow us all to redirect a portion of our revenue to the communities that have been deprived of it.”
Posted on 3/16/21 at 5:02 pm to LSUballs
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Actually it’s about white guilt, virtue signaling and attention seeking. Hence the publicity surrounding his decision to donate 5% of his royalties to wronged musicians of a bygone era.
This guy gets it
For those who weren't aware, there's been an over-reaching narrative in the last few years that record labels are.. you guessed it, "racist" for the contracts historically given to black entertainers. Not, mind you, that it's one of the seediest, corrupt industries in America. Akin to organized crime
But the industry has bled dry and broken 1000s of entertainers of every color for decades and decades. Only now in the era of "equity" is it racist towards a particular group because artists aren't given ownership stake in the label or streaming service
I listen to several rap podcasts from time to time. I've heard alot about this believe me
Has Isbell publicly out-virtued him yet by giving 50% ?
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 3/17/21 at 6:10 am to LSUballs
You are spot on. Full stop. Mic dropped.
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