Living Colour’s Vernon Reid Says Jann Wenner’s Comments ‘Not Surprising’

Residing Color guitarist Vernon Reid says Jann Wenner‘s feedback about Black and feminine artists do not come as a complete shock to him — and he is calling on some white rock legends to talk out, however provided that they hold it actual.

Vernon joined us Monday on “TMZ Reside,” telling us why the Rolling Stone co-founder calling some iconic Black and feminine artists inarticulate was “staggering, however not stunning in any respect.”

Consider, Wenner was referring to folks like Stevie Marvel, Joni Mitchell and Grace Slick.

If something, Vernon’s glad Wenner put, in his opinion, his true self on the market for all to see.

Possibly the extra stunning half is that Vernon says ideas and emotions like Wenner’s are usually not new to the music trade — it is simply uncommon for anybody to say it out loud.

TMZ broke the story … Wenner was kicked out of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame’s Board of Administrators after sharing his controversial ideas in an interview with the NYT — discussing his upcoming e book, “The Masters,” which highlights his interviews with 7 white, male artists.

In Vernon’s opinion, people within the e book like Bruce Springsteen and Bono ought to converse out about Wenner’s feedback, on one situation — that it comes from the guts, fairly than issuing performative statements for PR functions.