Chappell Roan is speaking out after a music exec branded her an “instant industry insider” and took issue with her acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammys.
Last weekend, the 26-year-old hitmaker advocated for record labels to support their up-and-coming artists by paying livable wages and health insurance while accepting the award for Best New Artist during music’s biggest night.
In the aftermath, Jeff Rabhan, a music exec, penned an essay for The Hollywood Reporter that described the speech as “misguided rhetoric” and implied that Chappell could use her power to solve the problem herself.
On Thursday night (February 6), she took to social media with a response.
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In a series of posts on her Instagram story, Chappell directly called out Jeff and presented a proposal to him: “Wanna match me $25k to donate to struggling dropped artists,” she asked, providing the contact for her publicist.
“Will keep everyone updated on the much awaited @jeffrabhan response!! And I will show receipts of the donations,” she wrote.
Chappell continued, adding, “Mr. Rabhan I love how in the article you said ‘put your money where your mouth is’ Genius !!! Let’s link and build together and see if you can do the same.”
She then proceeded to shout out several up-and-coming artists, including Hemlocke Springs, Sarah Kinsley, Devon Again and Baby Storme.
Before Chappell, another big musician took to social media to blast the essay as “boot licking behavior.”
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