“Stop dumpster diving” — Jeff Rabhan pens “open letter” to Chappell Roan and Halsey post-Grammy speech debacle

Jeff Rabhan has responded to Chappell Roan and Halsey in a tweet on February 7 after Roan asked him to "match me $25k to donate to struggling artists." Roan was responding to Rabhan's guest column on The Hollywood Reporter that bashed her Grammy win speech where she demanded labels and the music industry to give fair pay to struggling artists.

In her speech, Roan opened up about entering the music industry as a minor, getting dropped by her label when she had "zero job experience." She found it difficult to find a job during the pandemic and could not afford medical insurance.

In his open letter tweet, Rabhan said,

"Who thought it was a good idea to publicly challenge an educator to a 25k "one-upping" contest? Really? Do you know what teachers make? Right idea pointed in the wrong direction. Someone around you should have advised you to put up 25k before Sunday to challenge the industry to match - you would have collected from everyone and they would have felt good about doing it on Grammy nite."

Jeff Rabhan slammed Roan, saying that her team should tell him what he, as a music manager, would advise her,

"Stop dumpster diving and act like the agent of change you say you want to be! I'm neither the enemy nor the problem."

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Jeff Rabhan says he is being serially harassed by Chappell Roan and Halsey's fans

After Chappell Roan posted an Instagram story asking Rabhan to "match" her $25K donation to struggling artists, Halsey also posted a similar story defending Roan.

In his open letter, Rabhan claims that Roan and Halsey's fans are serially harassing him after his guest post.

"If you and Halsey had directed your fanbase to donate $1 to your Living Artist Fund for every hate filled slur sent to me— you would have enough funding in ONE DAY to cover health care for every single artist and writer in need for almost 2 years."

Jeff Rabhan also noted that while Roan and Halsey's fans are "creative with their slurs," he survived three teenagers who are a "lot meaner." Jeff also included an apology in his letter, saying that he never wanted Roan to "feel attacked."

"I never wanted you to feel attacked...I stand behind my premise and advice in my article, but I apologize to you openly if my words left you feeling attacked."

Roan and Halsey are yet to respond to Rabhan's letter.