Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid said the Rolling Stone founder’s remarks diminishing Black and female artists were “staggering, but not surprising”
. In the interview, Werner said Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level” of the white male musicians in his book.
“Black artists have made monumental contributions to music, influencing the artform in ways that are impossible to quantify, and yet, Black musicians are routinely the subject of racism and prejudice that undermines their value,” BMAC’s statement read. “Jann Wenner’s recent statements indicate a persistent bias within the music industry that we at BMAC are working to combat,” it continued. “He’s shown what many industry leaders still think about Black and female musicians, and his choice of words are an affront to the creativity and genius exhibited by so many artists. The TRUE masters are the Black creators of the rock and roll genre; those by which each interviewee in the book has been touched and influenced.
Wenner has faced wide condemnation for his remarks, with Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid among the most vociferous critics. Speaking with, Reid said he was actually “grateful” that Wenner “said the quiet part out loud” and went on to call his comments “staggering, but not surprising at all.” Reid namechecked several artists he believed were as worthy of praise as the men in Wenner’s book, such as Joni Mitchell, Chrissie Hynde, and Meshell Ndegeocello. “This has always been part of the situation,” Reid continued, “of the top-down structure, the hierarchical structure of what is considered worthy of attention.”
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