John Mellencamp Says ‘F Antisemitism’ at Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame

To nice applause, John Mellencamp took the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame stage to introduce legal professional Allen Grubman and used the chance to decry antisemitism and implore his fellow artists “to talk out in opposition to all varieties bigotry and hatred.”

Grubman, Mellencamp’s longtime legal professional, was inducted within the Corridor of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun award, recognizing his a long time of labor within the music enterprise. Mellencamp has been a consumer since 1982.

Mellencamp described himself as a “gentile” who took to coronary heart the hateful rhetoric being directed at Jewish folks within the wake of remarks make by Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. Whereas Mellencamp didn’t title the rapper, it was clear his anger was directed on the Antisemitic tropes he helped flow into.

Mentioned Mellencamp: “Guys I can’t let you know how fucking essential it’s to talk out in the event you’re an artist. Everytime you hear hate speech or one thing derogatory about another person … We’re all human issues. I don’t give a fuck in the event you’re Jewish, Black, quiet, tutti frutti  Tuttie fruttie, I don’t care! Right here’s the trick: silence is complicity. … I’m standing right here tonight loudly and proudly and in solidarity with Allen, his household, all of my Jewish associates and your entire Jewish folks of the world. Fuck Antisemitism and fuck anyone who says something in that method.”

Grubman, who Mellencamp described as a “true mentch,” later revealed to reporters that he was not clued into the speech prematurely. “I had no concept what he was gonna say; he needed to maintain it secret,” stated Grubman, including that the Rock Corridor had requested a duplicate of the notes written for the evening to be displayed within the museum.