d telling it like it is is a way of getting the people to listen to what is really going on. Ice-T's controversial album Body Count, produced by Warner Bros. Records, had provoked a sharp debate in 1992 when the album first came out. The song "Cop Killer," with obscene and violent lyrics, forced Time Warner to stop selling the album with the song on it. The lyrics on the song said it was dedicated to the L.A.P.D. It also talked about "dusting some cops off," with sounds of gun fire he then asks the listener to sing along for their freedom-"cop killer" (Ice Body). "Cop Killer" is not the on song on the album that glorifies violence. Even though the song was cut from the album the other songs on it were just as bad. Is this reality and what is really going on in the world today? In other songs the lyrics talk about being promiscuous (giving very explicit sex lyrics) and yet the album was still being sold to young children. Foulmouthed trash like this has been debated on whether or not it should be censored. Many think it should and are trying to do something about. Delores Tucker denounced companies that "pimped porno rap" to children. She asks, "What would Martin Luther King say about these rappers that demean women and glorify thugs, drug dealers and rapists?", and "What kind of role models are those for young children living in the ghetto?" (Philips A18). U.S. Representative Cardiss Collins, chairwomen of the congressional panel, complained that little was being done by the industry executive to cut out vulgar and violent lyrics. She said that "a sticker is not enough" (Congesswomen 7). Some censorship has been incorporated in the radio industry. Inner City Broadcasting has put a stop to playing hard-core rap and other misogynous and violent rap. It hopes to be a model for other radio stations to follow (Cleaning 22). Most radio stations now do not allow that kind of music on the air. Even though the radio has stopped playing hard-core...
