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Monday, April 23, 2007

Hip-hop's Simmons: Remove offensive words

CNN Website:- http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/23/usa.hiphop.reut/index.html

In an unprecedented move to "clean-up" the language in the entertainment industry, an executive of a hip-hop record label has suggested to eliminate various curse words from the recording industry.

The hip-hop industry has all along been notorious for its gun-wielding, drug abuse and cursing culture. Intense gang-rivalry between rap stars resulted in the death of artistes Tupac and Notorious BIG. It is also widely understood that the use of swear words in songs add to a hip-hop artistes street credentials, one of the more noticeable ones would be the world-famous rap artiste Eminem. It is also no secret that songs that often objectify women and promote promiscuity are eagerly lapped up by listeners and constantly make the number one spot on music charts. So it is indeed very surprising that an executive of a top hip-hop recording label company has come out to suggest the idea of pulling the plug on curse words in songs.

I honestly do not think it is going to work out in the hip-hop scene. In a world, where it is cool to be seen as a gangster, it is hard to imagine hip-hop artistes "expressing" themselves using civilised language, after all it is definitely NOT the kind of image they want to portray in front of their fans. If they do so, they would risk losing millions of dollars in record sales and endorsement deals just to sound politically correct! I am afraid to say that the tone has been set already in the hip-hop scene and being "bad" helps you get paid, after all it is a business. Some people might say that this is a bad reason for "justifying" what hip-hop artistes are singing about and that evil prevails when good men fail to act, they forgot that evil simple prevails.


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