In an interview with Reuters, the co-founder and CEO called West’s remarks “just awful comments,” while noting that Spotify won’t be removing the rapper’s music from the platform.
Ek went on to say that, because West’s statements were not made in songs or podcasts hosted on Spotify, they do not violate the company’s hate speech policy.
“It’s really just his music, and his music doesn’t violate our policy,” he explained.
Ek’s comments follow a series of other actions taken by Spotify to reduce hate speech on the platform.
“We rolled this out wrong and could have done a much better job,” Ek said at the time.
Earlier this week, West was dropped by his booking agency and lawyer due to his antisemitic comments.
Pitchfork has reached out to the respective representatives for Spotify and West’s former label, Def Jam Recordings, for comment. »
