Censorship of rap music

Music has thrived in America since its establishment over two centuries ago. In those two centuries people have enjoyed listening to music ranging from classical to rap music. However, in recent decades the lyrics in modern rock, rap, hip-hop, and nearly all other music genres, have come to be seen as obscene and vulgar to today’s society. All around the country rap songs have been banned from the air by radio stations. “WBLS/New …

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