‘Hip hop mogul’ Russell Simmons calls for ‘voluntary’ bleeping of certain derogatory terms used by rappers
Last week, I blogged about a rap ‘summit’ of sorts involving some of the top names in rap music and entertainment, including Russell Simmons. In that post, I noted the platitudes and excuses he and others at the ‘summit’ issued which suggested they were more interested in shifting the blame from the rappers who engage in hateful – and in some cases popular – instances of glorifying cop killing and denegrating women (especially black women), to the ‘conditions’ which supposedly ’cause’ these rappers to write such ‘lyrics.’