Living Colour calls out Jann Wenner for his “insulting” comments

Living Colour is calling out Jann Wenner for his recent comments in The New York Times, in which he suggested Black and female artists weren’t "articulate enough” to be included in his new book, The Masters.“The very idea of a book called The Masters‘ which blatantly omits the essential contributions... Read More.

Jann Wenner blasted for comments about snubbing women, Black artists in new book ‘The Masters’

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner is being blasted over comments he made that some are deeming racist and sexist.Wenner is releasing a new book, The Masters, on September 26, featuring interviews with seven rock stars —Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia, Bono and Bruce Springsteen. Notably, all of them are male — and none are people... Read More.

Carlos Santana apologizes for seemingly anti-trans comments

Carlos Santana has apologized after video surfaced of him making seemingly anti-trans comments at a recent concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  “I am sorry for my insensitive comments. They don’t reflect that I want to honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs,” he wrote... Read More.

Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt apologizes for comments about Slash & Richard Fortus

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has apologized for his response to Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus’ defense of his bandmate Slash.As previously reported, in a Planet Rock interview Bettencourt suggested “most guitar players I admire” wouldn’t be able to handle working with Rihanna like he did, and he even mentioned Slash by name. Fortus responded by... Read More.