http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_en_mu/rap_language
here, you go, more blatant hypocrisy and double-standards, right here!! i was wondering if they would ever get around to discussing this. they must be feeling some of the heat, and decided to go through the motions of doing something about it. but of course, they had no specific initiative, and they came up with nothing new, just a bunch of black execs who wanted to reinforce their rights to free speech and give each other lots of slaps on the back.
exhibit A:
---While Simmons, Liles and the rapper Common agreed "there is a problem," Simmons cautioned against trying to limit rappers' free-speech rights.
He said that "poets" always come under fire for their unsanitized descriptions of the world.
"We're talking about a lot of these artists who come from the most extreme cases of poverty and ignorance ... And when they write a song, and they write it from their heart, and they're not educated, and they don't believe there's opportunity, they have a right, they have a right to say what's on their mind," he said." ---
DISCLAIMER: this only applies to black people..... obviously.
at least he did go so far as to apologize for the demeaning, sexist lyrics against women.... but i'm sure he's thoroughly enjoying the millions those ugly words have made him... and will continue to do so!