Universal Music, which oversees XXXTentacion’s distributor, Caroline, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. R.

Spotify told Billboard: “We are removing R. Kelly’s music from all Spotify owned and operated playlists and algorithmic recommendations such as Discover Weekly.

This May, Spotify took it upon themselves to enact a new “hateful content and hateful conduct” policy, which removed the music of artists R. Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from the service’s ...