Outside The Beltway | OTB | by James Joyner | Tue, Apr 24
Tue, Apr 24
Rap impresario Russell Simmons has called for a ban on the words “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger” in over-the-air rap. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Monday that the recording and broadcast industries should consistently ban three racial and sexist epithets from all so-called clean ver...
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