Less than month ago, Spotify installed its controversial “Hate Content and Hateful Content Policy,” under which certain artists were removed from its popular, curated playlists. One of them was ...

A few weeks ago, Spotify announced a new hate content and hateful conduct policy which resulted in the removal of R. Kelly and XXXTentacion's music from Spotify-curated playlists and other editorial ...

As part of Spotify's new hate content and hateful conduct policy, which officially went into effect today (5/10), the company announced that they would no longer be promoting R. Kelly's songs on its ...

MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 15: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Best quality available) In this handout provided by the Miami Dade County Corrections, Rapper XXXTentacion, also known as Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy poses for his ...

Spotify, the music industry’s leading streaming service, said Thursday that it would stop promoting or recommending music by artists whose content or conduct it deemed to be offensive, hoping to quell ...

Controversial rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead in Florida Monday. He was 20 years old. A month before the fatal shooting, the "SAD!" rapper had some of his music removed from Spotify when the ...

Streams of rapper XXXTentacion's single "SAD!" have dipped 17% per day in the week since the song was removed from certain Spotify playlists, Billboard reports. If the rate of decline persists, the ...

The New York Times published an article on Monday (Aug. 19) about each of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates' campaign playlists. Some of the lists featured a variety of songs in the hip-hop, ...

Embattled R&B star R. Kelly and controversial rapper XXXTentacion became the first causalities of music streamer Spotify’s just-launched Hate Content and Hateful Conduct public policy, which happened ...