{"id":806209,"date":"2020-04-09T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=980832"},"modified":"2020-04-09T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:00:30","slug":"tiktok-donates-2-million-to-musicares-covid-19-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/tiktok-donates-2-million-to-musicares-covid-19-relief-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Donates $2 Million to MusiCares\u2019 COVID-19 Relief Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In light of the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, TikTok<\/a> has pledged $2 million to MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that musicians, artists, and those working in the industry have seen countless gigs canceled because of this pandemic,\u201d TikTok reps wrote in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cAnd we want to help support the community that keeps us entertained. Today we donated $2M to MusiCares, an organization supporting artists, songwriters, technicians, crew, and other music professionals whose livelihoods have been severely impacted as a result of cancelled performances and work. While we know this won\u2019t replace being on tour, we hope it can help working artists and music industry professionals through this challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In mid-March, MusiCares set up a $2 million relief fund<\/a> for music industry members in need, allowing artists and other creatives to apply for assistance through the MusiCares website.<\/a> Since then, myriad artists, labels and other creative outlets have contributed to that fund \u2014 from Father John Misty<\/a> to Light in the Attic<\/a> to the Grateful Dead<\/a>. Artists like Rihanna have also come forward to provide PPE<\/a> for medical professionals on the frontlines (as well as $2 million<\/a> to relief efforts), while James Taylor donated $1 million<\/a> to a Boston hospital.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has swiftly decimated the live music industry, with countless tours canceled or postponed as well as festivals like South by Southwest and Coachella. As such, artists have turned to platforms such as Instagram and TikTok to perform for fans, and livestreamed concerts<\/a> have exploded, featuring everyone from Willie Nelson to Diplo.<\/p>\n

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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, TikTok has pledged $2 million to MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy. \u201cWe know that musicians, artists, and those working in the industry have seen countless gigs canceled because of this pandemic,\u201d TikTok reps wrote in a blog post. \u201cAnd we want to help support the community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-16 19:15:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}