Jann Wenner removed from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board after comments about black and female musicians

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner has been removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation .

Wenner said in a New York Times interview that Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level” of the white musicians featured in his new book of interviews, “ The Masters ,” he said.

The comments came about after a Times writer asked why Wenner had not included any people of color or female musicians in The Masters’.