Censorship Towards the Music Industry
...ring the words someplace else at another point in their life, use of profane language and reference to drugs does not make kids want to start using them, and because artists use them to show emotion and how they feel. Many parents across America are striking against the music industry and parental advisory. They say that they do not want their kids listening to the “bad” lyrics many rappers and artists put in their music. Contrary to many assumptions, modern youth is not protected enough from harmful music, even though there are many laws stating rules of legal ages. Most laws are ignored in many situations. For example, ''Charles Freeman was the owner of E. C. Records in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. On June 8, 1990 he sold the '2 Live Crew' album, 'As Nasty as They Wanna Be', to an undercover police officer and was arrested (Baris 4).'' The youth is obviously not fully protected if storeowners do not follow the restrictions....