Kanye Announces That He Will Be Appearing On The Joe Rogan Experience

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1317550429895622657

Yesterday, Kanye (@kanyewest) tweeted that he will be appearing on Joe Rogan‘s (@joerogan) podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), next Friday. The tweet included two screenshots of their FaceTime call and it mentioned that Rogan will allow Ye to design the set for the show. The two have been very active recently so I am definitely looking forward to what each has to say!

The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)

Joe Rogan is an internet personality, primarily known for his career as a stand-up comedian, mixed martial arts commentator, and podcast host–he also has some minor acting experience. Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, is what launched him to fame in the late 2000s. The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, politics, philosophy, comedy, hobbies, and numerous other topics (inquisitr.com).

Here is a list of some recent guests on JRE (within music):

• Miley Cyrus (Sep 2, 2020)
• Post Malone (Jul 28, 2020)
• The Black Keys (Sep 18, 2019)
• Kanye West (next Friday, Oct 30, 2020)

JRE on Spotify

On May 19, 2020, Rogan announced that he had signed a multi-year licensing deal with Spotify, worth an estimated $100M, making it one of the largest licensing agreements in the podcast business. The deal made JRE available on Spotify starting from September 2020 and it will be exclusive to the platform starting from January 2021. Clips from the video version will continue to be available on YouTube. Rogan, subsequently, decided to sell his Los Angeles residence and move to Texas.

“I think that where we live here in Los Angeles is overcrowded. And, I think, most of the time, that’s not a problem. But I think it’s exposing the fact that it’s a real issue when you look at the number of people that are catching COVID because of this overpopulation issue. When you look at the traffic, when you look at the economic dispair, when you look at the homelessness problem that’s accelerated radically over the last seven, ten years, I think there’s too many people here.”–Joe Rogan

JRE is now ranked first on Spotify’s Podcast Charts, right above NPR News Now and The New York Times’ The Daily.

#1552 – Kanye West

Rogan is known for being very open-minded to what his guests have to say.

I do! https://t.co/H9Eghnqpuy

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2020

On September 14th, 2020, President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) tweeted that he was willing to have Rogan moderate a debate between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and himself for the upcoming election. Trump’s willingness to this proposal shows Rogan’s ability to be impartial during organized debate. However, Rogen stated that he would support Bernie Sanders in the primaries.

Though this never came about, it shows the level of unbias that Rogan maintains within his work. I’m sure that he will keep it this way next Friday when he interviews Kanye. Moreover, I am also sure that Ye will have plenty to say because he has been up to a lot lately:

• Declared fight against Universal Music Group for his masters and likened the music industry to “modern-day slave ships” on his Twitter.
• Is active on Instagram, once again
• Oct 16th: Release of new single Nah Nah Nah
• Is on the official ballot for Vice President under the American Independent Party, though he has influenced voters through Twitter to write him in instead.

On his Twitter, yesterday.

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