Sam Fender says the music industry is “rigged”: “It’s 90% kids who are privately educated”

[MusicTech]

Geordie singer-songwriter Sam Fender has slammed the current state of the music industry, calling it “rigged” and dominated by artists from privileged backgrounds.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Fender expresses frustration over the lack of working-class representation in the industry: “The music industry is 80 percent, 90 percent kids who are privately educated,” he says...

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