{"id":2450076,"date":"2019-10-19T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=901361"},"modified":"2019-10-19T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:32:53","slug":"the-black-madonna-pulls-out-of-amazon-backed-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/the-black-madonna-pulls-out-of-amazon-backed-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Madonna Pulls Out of Amazon-Backed Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Black Madonna has pulled out of her performance at Las Vegas\u2019 Intersect Festival<\/a> after the DJ learned of the music and tech fest\u2019s connection to Amazon<\/a> Web Services.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a \u201cfurious\u201d Black Madonna turned to social media<\/a> to tell fans she was unaware of Amazon\u2019s sponsorship of Intersect when she signed on for the December 6th and 7th festival; \u201cWhat the fuck is this Amazon shit? I absolutely didn\u2019t agree to this. Oh hell no,\u201d the DJ wrote.<\/p>\n

Two days later, the Black Madonna formally announced her exit from Intersect in a long statement where she criticized Amazon\u2019s business practices and associations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not be performing at Intersect Festival due to their relationship with Amazon Web Services who have business ties with ICE and Homeland Security,\u201d the Black Madonna wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event proposed to me initially was framed as and arts and technology weekender with other artists I deeply respected and with well known and respected production teams. It presented no cause for concern. I was not approached by employees of Amazon. I was never formally or informally advised of any Amazon branding. The offer I accepted did not propose any kind of brand partnership. I am profoundly disappointed that anyone, at any level, in the long chain of people between the offer I saw and the eventual promotion of this event presumed I would.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Black Madonna also noted that her contract \u201cintentionally prohibits that my name or likeness be connected in any way with any form of sponsorship endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis issue is not just ideological for me, it is a moral and ethical transgression against my work, my faith and most importantly the people I stand with,\u201d the DJ continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our personal and professional lives we all navigate contradictions and unclear lines in a world that makes it very hard to do the right thing. This is especially true in the arts, where independent workers often depend on relationships with brands to pay the bills. I am in a position to say that I will not agree to perform at an AWS branded event. I know that position isn\u2019t an option for all artists. Respect to all of you, in any case.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Intersect altered its lineup poster<\/a> to remove the Black Madonna.<\/p>\n

Read the Black Madonna\u2019s full statement below:<\/p>\n

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via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Black Madonna has pulled out of her performance at Las Vegas\u2019 Intersect Festival after the DJ learned of the music and tech fest\u2019s connection to Amazon Web Services. On Thursday, a \u201cfurious\u201d Black Madonna turned to social media to tell fans she was unaware of Amazon\u2019s sponsorship of Intersect when she signed on for […]<\/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":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2450076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 08:44:59","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}