“There should not be any government regulation or public policy that should ever violate the First Amendment,” explained Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, co-chairmen of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), said in a statement. “With freedom of expression, however, comes responsibility.”We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words ‘bitch’ and ‘ho’ and the racially offensive word ‘nigger’,” they continued. “These three words should be considered with the same objections to obscenity as ‘extreme curse words’.”
This move from Russell and Chavis would be admirable, only if it mirrored what was said earlier this month, where they said: “offensive references in hip-hop may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression.” Imus’ comments have still been the focal point of controversy, even though his nationally syndicated and televised radio show was terminated due to his actions. Artists and black leaders continue to not see eye to eye on the situation, as they claim it is their right to express themselves freely.
“Our internal discussions with industry leaders are not about censorship. Our discussions are about the corporate social responsibility of the industry to voluntarily show respect to African Americans and other people of color, African American women and to all women in lyrics and images,” a statement from Simmons and Chavis said on Monday. The Network is looking into formulating a type of organization that monitors Broadcasting standards for radio and television programming.
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nem words arent extreme to me
That's really Good. Play it for what it is. It is just music. Verbal Entertainment
THESE NIGGAS ARE STARTIN TO GET TO OLD
THIS MAKES ME QUESTION RUSS'S SEXUAL PREFERENCE:)
I want to know how a white man makes a racial comment, turns it around on the black community, and now WE are the problem?
When hip hop speaks of bitches and hoes, they speak of the many women who DO degrade themselves looking for a rep wit a rapper. That's real.
Calling black educated women that's hoopin some "Nappy Hoes" is some bullshit.
We need to fire the subject just like those networks fired Imus.
Point blank, "Imus is out like Janet Jackson's titty."
"I want to know how a white man makes a racial comment, turns it around on the black community, and now WE are the problem?"
yeah, Hip Hop gets blamed again...what the fuck?
if bitch, ho, and nigger are extreme curse words than what about fuck and shit you cant even say those words on tv i hear tv shows say bitch and ho idk about nigger but still and hip hop gets blamed for everything i guess were gonna have to get used to it
damn my NIGGA , Thesee BITCH ass dudes sound like Ho's!!!
^^^ lol
Fuck shit ass bitch cunt, shoobedy doo wop
Some rappers seldom use curse words, but they still do curse and get their positive message across (common, mos, talib, blackthought)
Mr. Simmons needs to realize where the FUCK these NIGGAS come from, and understand that HO's are part of they daily operation. Now I curse a whole FUCKING lot, and I'm highly educated, so I know that if they try to crack down on curses in rap, that they might as well crack down on curses in Movies, Oh my bad, white people run Hollywood, so I guess its cool
Fuck outta here!
If the word honky was put on blast all lover the airwaves, I mean white people would not allow that. They had a problem with the end of Kanye's verse on gold digger. Maybe these old dudes have a point. Maybe it is better if we use these words amongst ourselves. Atleast they are making a stand for our community which is a whole lot better than doin nothin at all.
At the end of the day a nigga's and bitches is goona stay niggas and bitches anyway.
i see this country turning communist everyday. from deciding for us whether we want "super-sized" meals, to no longer allowing trans fats in our foods, to now deciding what kind of words we'rre allowed to use? might as well do away with all that bougie amendment garbage then.
yea this is is some bullshit but if it wasnt for russell simmons there wouldnt be any of these words or RAP music period on the airwaves. You can disagree with him but dont talk shit about him. And if the country was communist you wouldnt be allowed to bitch on a website like this about shit, you probably would be fuckin dead.
^^^^^^nigga before i embarass you, read my post again. "i see this country turning communist" not "IS". i think you need to learn how to read. and where exactly did i talk s**t about simmons? no better yet, where did i mention his name? you just b**ching to b**ch, just like a true b**ch!
Eat a banana Guerilla B""ch hahaha LOL...
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HIP HOP IS GON BE LITERAALY DEAD IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS N IT AINT GOT SHIT TO DO WIT THE SOUTH
I FEEL THAT !! ! I THINK ALL MUSIC IS JUST GOING TO SHIT!!!!! PRETTY SOON ALL MUSIC'S GONNA BE combined too make ROCOUNTRIP HOPALTERNATAGAE!!! we'll call it GAE(GAY) for short.... nah we need to be more original man....tha world is bigga than our hoods!!!
i wish yaw would shut this hip hop is dead shit up
and if hip hop id dyin its beacause of little kids girls and whites are loving gimic
raps and so kalled fans who claim to be loyal and true hip hop fans but yet to support real hip hop artist like a mos def or nas etc....
dont blame rappers for tryin to sell(so they kan make money) by doing the gimic songs
blame the consumers for eatin that shit up
and you kant blame the south for that shit because that all they know
tru they suck but they didnt kill hip hop
yaw need to realize that the consumers play a big role in hip hops standings
and if there all so into songs like two step, chiken noodle soup etc....
that were hip hop will be because every body wants those fans and will make what ever record they have to, to get them
if yaw think hip hop is dying then promote and upp your artist like nas
tell the youth thats a real mc not lil flame
bye nas cd instead of bootlegin
practice what most of yaw preach
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guerrilla, i wasnt talking to you about speaking down on russell. but as it goes to communism, we a long fuckin way away from that my nigga.
russell simmons only wants to be on tv he hasnt got the spotlight for a while/because no where in hell is he going to ban bitch/ho/nigger, this is just another publicity stunt for him so he can feel like hes a part of something/
Russell Simmons can say what he wants to...I ain't gonna talk bad 'bout him, he's done a lot for Hip-Hop. but I don't think rappers are gonna stop using these words though.
HIP HOP AINT DEAD. EVERYONE KNOWS BLACC PEOPLE DONT SUPORT EACH OTHA. LOOK AT ALL THA LAMES HATIN FOR NO REASON. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (90% OF YALL NIGGAS HATE AND DONT KNOW WHY). WHITE PEOPLE RUN HIP HOP AT THA TOP AND THA BOTTOM. THEY CONTROL THA INDUSTRY, BUISNESS WISE. AND THEY ARE THA ONES HITTIN THA RECORD STORES AND ACTUALLY BUYIN THESE FAKE ASS NIGGAS SHIT. 1995 TO 2000 VARIETY OF MUSIC WAS LARGE AND QUALITY WAS VERY GOOD. THATS WHEN WHITES WAS BUYIN IT UP. 2000 TO 2004. HIP HOP MAKES TRANSITION. 2004 TO 2007 WHERE STILL TRYIN TO FIND OUT WHAT THA FUCC HAPPEND.
WHITE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BUYIN THESE GARBAGE ASS ALBUMS. THEY JUST NOW FIGURIN OUT WHAT WU TANG WAS TALKIN ABOUT ON (WU FOR EVA: TRIUMPH) NIGGAS MIXIN HIP HOP WIT R&B (RAP AND BULLSHIT). BACC THEN IT WAS O.K. WUT PUFF WAS DOIN CUZ IT BALANCED THA GAME OUT. NIGGAS WAS COMIN FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT IT DIDNT MAKE OR BREAK HIP HOP. IT JUST ADDED A DIFFERENT FLAVA. BUT NOW THATS THE ONLY FLAVA. THATS THA REASON HIP HOP IS IN THA STATE ITS IN AND THATS THA REASON SALES ARE DOWN. WHITE PEOPLE AINT BUYIN IT NO MORE CUZ ITS ALL GENERALLY THA SAME. IT USE TO BE A SIN IN HIP HOP TO SOUND LIKE SOMEONE ELSE. NOBODY WANTED TO SOUND LIKE ANOTHA NIGGA. NIGGAS WOULD GO OUT THEY WAY TO BE ORIGINAL. NOW NIGGAS COME OUT TRYIN TO SOUND LIKE ANOTHA NIGGA. LOL. "NO IDEA IS ORIGINAL" AND FOR THA IDIOTS WHO THINK THAT LAST COMENT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS THA STATE OF HIP HOP PRESENTLY. YOU ARE 2 STUPID TO UNDERSTAND ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SO DONT TRY.
Real talk. Bitches and hoes come in all colors so they can scratch sayin that we degradin ourselves. We got whites,blacks, chinese, and all kinds of females in hip hop videos now.
I think it just makes the black community look stupid because we got a bunch of stupid fucks that supposed to be intellectuals but they let the game get turned around on them.
Now we got Opri havin forums. She don't even deal wit us like that.
It sounds childish for dude to even say that he heard that from rap. So now a grown man don't know how to watch his mouth?
Russell need to cuss everybody out just like he do on Run's House.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT RUSSELL
Niggas breaking down they selling out... I was with Russell to at first...