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Spotify Removes “Hate Conduct” Policy Following Backlash

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Spotify has now removed its “Hate Conduct” policy following backlash after removing R Kelly & XXXTentacion songs

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I swear these days, anything that is remotely in reference to R Kelly’s music is feeling some type of heat right now! Why?? Obviously his fans are outraged that due to these recent kidnap and “slavery” type of allegations going around makes it quite hard to enjoy listening to his music. So much so that in May Spotify declared that they will make R Kelly’s and XXXTentacion’s music to not be as easily accessible as before with a “Hate Consent & Hateful Conduct” policy.

Sounds like a good idea right? Well….after Spotify had made their stance against R Kelly and XXTentacion’s music, their fans made sure to search out and play these artists songs more than usual! They literally brought both artist streaming stats to record highs that Spotify had no choice but to bring these artist’s music back!

In a statement released on Friday, the streaming service said it had created “confusion and concern”.

On Wednesday Spotify CEO Daniel Ek admitted it “could have done a much better job”.

On Friday, they explained the policy, which has 2 parts. The first, relating to the decision to remove artists from playlists if they were involved in “controversies”, has now been reversed.

“We created concern that allegations might affect artists’ chances of landing on a Spotify playlist and negatively impact their future,” the statement explains.

“Some artists even worried that mistakes made in their youth would be used against them. That’s not what Spotify is about.”

The second part focused on hate content, described as content whose principal purpose is to incite hatred or violence.

Spotify says this policy will remain but they clarified that “offensive, explicit, or vulgar content” don’t violate the terms.

Some artists feel as if its only hop hop music that’s being targeted. I think overall, Spotify wants to just stay out the clear of everything & hope to please everyone while still maintaining a safe musical environment.

Nigerians Celebrate World Cup Theme Song!!

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Nigerians Celebrating World Cup theme song featuring Davido, Wizkid, and JJ Okocha that came out on June 1st!

 

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One of Africa’s most celebrated artists, WizKid, made the announcement on Thursday that the official Nigeria National Team Collection is coming out on June 1st as well as a new World Cup Theme song who features Davido, Wizkid, and JJ Okocha.

What makes this announcement so special, is that Pepsi,the soft drink company, has joined the campaign as well! Since the announcment the video has been doing rounds on other social media sites featuring players from the Nigerian footbal team plus other celebrities such as Tiwi Savage.

In a campaign dubbed #NaijaAllTheWay speaks of a Naija Spirit that can not be defeated even when Nigerians lose. The artists and footballers proudly thump their chests in a salute, almost similar to the now famous Wakanda salute from Black Panther.

Unfortunately, the Super Eagles lost yesterday against England which deflated the hype that got 3 million of those jerseys sold just on Friday.

Nigeria’s goalscorer in the game, Alex Iwobi is featured in the video, alongside another star player, Victor Moses, and the legendary Jay Jay Okocha.

The Super Eagles will face Croatia on June 16 at the Kaliningrad Stadium in their opening game, before taking on Iceland on June 22 at the Volgograd Arena, while their last group fixture is against Argentina at the Krestovsky Stadium, St.Petersburg.

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Featured Artist of the Month

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216 The Beat Radio Station Featured Artist of the Month, Gahtdamn!

Allow me to introduce you to our featured artist of the month, Gahtdamn. Coming from the historical town of Hopkins, South Carolina, is a fresh new artist who is ready to show the world his talent.

Prior to Gahtdamn starting his rap career, he used to only write for other artists such as his sister & cousin who are featured on his hot single “For The Love Of Money” which has a Bone Thugs N Harmony sample from a song off their Grammy award winning album E.1999 & Eternal. After awhile, the rapper , who still writes, deciding he wanted to rap and things have been moving ever since! Gahtdamn describes his music as “riding around” music. That type of music you can picture yourself on a warm day, riding around with all the windows down, with my music on blast, just enjoying the vibe. Gahtdamn had his first performance down in Atlanta for Dj Pressure’s mixtape release party for which he advised that he performed very well & the crowd loved him! Gahtdamn is being received so well from fans that his music has been featured on a few radio stations here in the US and overseas. Overall,the interview me & Gahtdamn had was great and his vibe is cool! I have a feeling that we will be hearing his name very soon… just stay tuned!!!! Make sure to check out Dj Pressure mixtape:

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Ok….So Who Is Brother Love?

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Sean “Diddy” Combs has changed his name yet again!!

Sean “Diddy” Combs has changed his name again. The man of many different aliases & stage names decided that going by Diddy is not where he is at in life right now. He rather now be called “Love” or “Brother Love”. This comes at a surprise for we are just now getting used to the name Diddy. Sean just turned 48 years old on November 4th, and wanted to announce his changes to the world via a video posted to his twitter page.

“I have some very serious..serious news..umm..I been praying on this and I decided…I know it’s risky…it could come off corny to some people. Well…I decided to change my name again….I’m just not who I am before. I’m something different…so my knew name is “Love” aka “Brother Love”….I will not be answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puff Daddy or any of my other monikers, but “Love” or “Brother Love”

Do not be alarmed, Sean or Brother Love, is not going to change his name permanently, this is only for entertainment purposes. I do wonder what positive energy is in his life right now that is keeping him on a peace, love, and happiness vibe. Whatever it is Brother Love, I am still down like 4 flats and Happy Birthday to you!!!