What the Jann Wenner controversy says about white gatekeeping in music
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 21, 2023
When Jann Wenner, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, recently said that Black and women musicians didn’t “articulate” rock music philosophy well enough to be included in his new book, his words weren’t just a passing comment.
To music critics and experts, Wenner’s statements to The New York Times magazine