Simmons Calls For “Bitch,” “Ho” And “Ni**er” Ban From Rap Songs
Russell Simmons has decided to jump on the Imus bandwagon and “recommended” the following words to be voluntarily removed from rap songs: bitch, ho, and ni**er.
As quoted in the Hollywood Reporter: “These three words should be considered with the same objections to obscenity as extreme curse words.”
This lame move comes decades too late in an industry he helped to build. Read the whole article.
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Considering he built this industry, but doesn’t participate in it as far as like he used to with def jam….he doesn’t really care I guess. He is probably trying to go for governor soon!…lol
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[...] community leaders raised a big stink and caused Imus to get fired, Simmons came out weeks later recommending that the rap industry voluntarily remove the words bitch, ho, and ni**er from [...]