By now, everyone has seen “THE LIST” that made a lot of people upset.
Due to all the backlash and things that transpired behind the scenes, it became abundantly clear over the last few days that this deserved a response as well as an explanation.
We are not into explaining ourselves too much these days; however, we recognize that this list genuinely hurt some people. I would like to state that this wasn’t the purpose of this list. This was done in the name of comedy. It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, and despite the title of the list, none of the artists named ACTUALLY need to ‘hang it up’ nor are they necessarily passed their prime.
We recognize that as one of the biggest and loudest platforms we have here in Minnesota, we do have a responsibility to report things as accurately as possible. Over the last year, we have filmed and released nearly 200 interviews featuring artists, fashion designers, nail techs and many other entrepreneurs that we believe in and genuinely want to see win.
Yes - we tend to be on the more salacious side of the industry because we here at Live On Lake Street believe that is the way for us to kick down doors and prepare ourselves as well as the artist community for what’s on the other side of that door (THE INDUSTRY).
That being said - it is with our sincerest apologies that we caused our phenomenal artist community to feel unappreciated. We work very hard over here to provide a different level of entertainment and we’re not always going to hit the nail on the head, and we are going to make mistakes, as well as upset people. Our only wish is that you continue to be the greatest supporters in the world and watch as we help truly get Minnesota recognized by the rest of the world.
