I don’t know what this links to. I hope it gets you to an MTV interview with Bowie about Black artists on the channel. He does a great job of being firm and being gracious. (It looks like you have to copy the link and paste it into your browser. It is worth it.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/arts/music/how-david-bowie-used-his-stardom-and-race-to-challenge-mtv.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=arts/music&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Music&pgtype=article