Chappell Roan isn’t the only one dropping $25,000 to support fellow artists. After former music exec Jeff Rabhan called out Roan in an op-ed for the Hollywood Reporter, Roan fought back and asked Rabhan to go band for band in donations to Backline’s “We Got You” campaign inspired by her Grammys speech advocating for better healthcare for musicians. While Rabhan did not donate to the cause, as he claimed her challenge was a “right idea pointed in the wrong direction,” Roan’s music friends and colleagues had her back. Sabrina Carpenter, LAUV, Noah Kahan, and Charli XCX each matched Roan’s initial donation of $25,000 and grew into a larger movement supported by those in the music industry.
Here’s every player who stepped up to the plate to support financially.
The “Espresso” singer donated $25,000 to the campaign. During Roan’s speech at the Grammys, Carpenter had tears in her eyes as Roan plead for better healthcare for her musical colleagues.
Lauv matched a similar donation of $25,000, adding: “Artists need healthcare and this is an amazing start to the convo!”
Noah Kahan, who was the first financial supporter of the campaign, donated $25,000 “to get the ball rolling.”
Charli matched Roan, Kahan, and Carpenter’s donation of $25,000. “hey @chappellroan i am going to match your 25k to support artists’ access to healthcare. i saw @noahkahanmusic say that he would do the same and so i thought i’d follow suit,” Charli wrote on Instagram on her donation. “your speech at the grammys was inspiring and thoughtful and from a genuine place of care. happy to help get the ball rolling too. money where mouth is xx.”
Pop Base, which is different from Pop Crave, donated $5,000, adding: “In support of Chappell Roan’s initiative to bring change to the music industry.”
Live Nation donated $25,000 to the cause.
One of the U.K.’s leading concert promoters donated $5,000.
Hinterland Music Festival, a musical festival in Iowa, donated $25,000.
AEG Global Touring wrote, “Thanks Chappell Roan for inspiring change” alongside their donation of $25,000.
Through founder Ash Avildsen, the record label donated $25,000, writing, “Sumerian Records always strives to be on the right side of history. Then. Now. Forever.”
Several executives from Wasserman Music donated to the cause: EVP Jackie Nalpant, Joe Atamian, Steve Goodgold, Nate Sokolski, and Jay Moss each donated $1,000. Wasserman Foundation, in addition, donated $25,000. Other executives from the music industry each matched the same $1,000 donation (with some commenting “Chain Swarm”) include Tyler Goldberg, Don Strasburg, Matthew Rodriguez, Cory Riskin, Mike DuCharme, Scott Leslie, Mary Clare Bourjaily, and Haley McCollister.
BMO Stadium, a music venue in Los Angeles, donated $5,000, writing, “Chappell Roan, thank you for bringing light to this conversation.”
Talent manager to Madonna, Amy Schumer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and more donated $25,000.
Singer Piri donated $2,500, writing, “incredibly inspired by chappell, charli and noah for leading the way with their donations. i’m hopping on as a smaller artist and doing my part!!!”
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