Date 11/01/2016 - News People
Music legend David Bowie passed away Sunday as one of enigmatic and influential musicians of all time. An equally important part of his legacy, however, is circulating around social the time he ripped and embarrassed MTV for not playing music videos by black artists. After hiring black musician Nile Rodgers to work on an upcoming album, Bowie was surprised to learn from the guitarist that television and radio wasn?t very welcoming to ?black music. Bowie first brought the issue up in an interview with Penthouse, describing the racism on MTV as ?extraordinarily blatant.? However, it was during an on-air interview with VJ Mark Goodman on the network where Bowie made his point more explicit.
