Rap Music Too Dirty? Noooooo...Seriously?

Well it is, says an industry watchdog group called Industry Ears. This group states that according to the FCC, "it is illegal to broadcast sexually explicit content between the hours of 6am and 10pm." But does...or should this apply to cable TV? Some would argue no. However, Proctor and Gamble, Pepsi, Wal-mart and GM have pulled ads from certain BET and MTV rap programming.

So should we hit hip-hop where it hurts? Is pulling ads the way to clean up the industry? Are they just picking on rap music? Honestly, I've almost grown immune to it. Rap music has been so dirty for so long, it's now a an expectation. But yes, I agree we gotta do better. Our focus needs to change, though. We need to look beyond the rappers and video vixens and question the label execs, Viacom, the "suits" selling this crap to our kids.

Check out these notes from the Industry Ears site.

A $10 billion dollar a year Hip-Hop industry that claims to reflect black life and culture; but 80% of it is consumed by whites.

Over 90% of radio stations, record labels, magazines, TV stations, and retailers that disseminate hip-hop and associated products including music, clothes, movies, and games -- are white-owned.

African-American teens ages 12-17 listen to more than 18 hours of radio per week on average, compared to 13.5 hours for all teens (Radio Advertising Bureau, 2002) .

Thirty percent of African-American teens are among the most frequent TV viewers (the top TV-viewing quintile) versus 21.1% of non-African-American teens (Simmons Market Research Bureau Adult Fall 2002 and Teen 2002 National Consumer Surveys).

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