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Jai Wolf, Ghastly, Brasstracks & More Debate Racism and Prejudice On Twitter

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Image-1Disclaimer: This article is without bias and is not opinion based. The opinions below are only those of the artists involved in the conversation and we respect that everyone has the right to their own opinion. In addition, the tweets provided below are only a part of the conversation. Follow the artists on Twitter to read through the entire thread. 

Last night, Twitter erupted with many DJs, managers and music industry professionals talking about an important topic: racism and prejudice. It all started when Jai Wolf (who’s often spoken out about racism in this country in the past) called out a fan in the exchange below for voting for Trump, with Ghastly chiming in afterwards:

Ghastly has – on more than one occasion – responded to Jai Wolf’s tweets, bringing up quite a controversy between the two producers. With the conversation being on Twitter, even more artists like Hotel Garuda, Ookay, A-Trak, and Yultron hopped in on the threads to share their opinions and support for what was being said.

Ultimately, the producers decided that many Americans need to be educated about racism, especially while we’re living in a Trump America. Moe Shalizi, manager to artists like Mashmello, Ookay, Ghastly, Tiesto, and Slushii, also joined the conversation to express that, while Jai Wolf and Hotel Garuda’s points are valid, they should find a better outlet to educate their fans besides Twitter.

In a separate thread, rapper Lil Aaron and producer duo Brasstracks began discussing the difference between prejudice and racism with the goal to educate others. It’s unknown whether their conversation was sparked by Jai Wolf’s or was simply an ironic coincidence.

The conversations started by Jai Wolf, Hotel Garuda, Brasstracks and Lil Aaron led to even more artists sharing their thoughts on the subject at hand. While many argued that Twitter may not be the best place to have these kinds of discussions and that another outlet might better help educate fans, I will share one personal opinion. I do appreciate these artists speaking out for what they believe and agree that there is a lot of misunderstanding and confusion regarding social injustice in the country. While some say Twitter is not the best outlet for this sort of conversation, Twitter is the largest social media outlet for artists to connect with their fans and will likely continue to be their outlet for these discussions until someone suggests something better. Maybe a Reddit AMA dedicated to this topic is something we’ll see in the future, but for now, that place is Twitter.

Oliver Heldens, 3LAU, and Shaun Frank are also down for Hotel Garuda and Habstrakt‘s hypothetical DJ beef roundtable. Hopefully, they’ll follow through and host an event like this and maybe even livestream it, as Shuan Frank suggested, so fans can bare witness and join in the much needed conversation. For more information, reference these articles cited by Atrak and Hotel Garuda and follow the artists on Twitter to read the entire conversation.

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Jai Wolf, Ghastly, Brasstracks & More Debate Racism and Prejudice On Twitter

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