What the Jann Wenner controversy says about white gatekeeping in music

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The Rolling Stone magazine co-founder’s remarks underscored the negative stereotypes about Black artists long held in the music industry.

Wenner’s statements to The New York Times magazine

“The Masters” is a collection of Wenner’s interviews with Bono, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Jerry Garcia and Pete Townshend over the course of his lengthy career at the magazine. A new interview with Bruce Springsteen was also included. Wenner pivoted to talking about to Black artists and concedes that Steve Wonder is a genius, and late musicians Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield could also be deemed “masters” of music, but in the end, he said that Black artists “just didn’t articulate at that level.”

 

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