your favorite artist doesn't have to be a good person.

when did listening to someone’s music become an endorsement of everything they believe? the ed sheeran and macklemore situation got me thinking about where we draw the line between loving someone’s music and supporting them as a person. because honestly, my own rules aren’t as consistent as i’d like to think. we’re talking about nicki minaj, chris brown, michael jackson, and why it’s so much harder to walk away when the music means something to you. i can separate the art from the artist...until i can’t. and i don’t think i’m the only one. 0:00 i have always been an ed sheeran fan 3:05 how we got here 4:47 what do we do now? 5:35 i wanted to be him soo bad 6:48 my brain just won’t allow it 8:04 breaking my own logic 9:54 why do we really need to know all this? 11:40 now i need context... 13:50 pull up in the sri lanka 18:06 do artists owe us their politics? 20:24 who's the the morality police 21:49 my incredibly annoying answer come hang↓ instagram:   / cedricjohnsonn   business contact: cedric@cedmedia.co