White nationalist political commentator Nick Fuentes shared an X post on Tuesday that said he’d been “banned from Spotify” shortly after his podcast, America First With Nicholas J. Fuentes, was “the #1 trending podcast in America” on the platform. Newsweek contacted Spotify and Fuentes for comment on Wednesday—via press inquiry form and X direct message, respectively—outside regular office hours. Why It Matters Fuentes, the unofficial leader of the “Groypers” movement, has become an influential figure on the right despite a history of making incendiary political statements. In recent years, controversial figures have returned to mainstream social media platforms following changes...