Censorship Issues in Music

             Censorship in music is very controversial today. Many artists who feel they should be able to write and sing explicit lyrics for their fans. Rap artists are consistently being sued for writing the truth, mocking other artists or telling their life story.
             Rap artist Eminem, also known as Marshal Matters, sings about what he feels, doesn't care if he swears or says things that might offend some of the stars. For example his mother sued him for many lyrics where he talked about his mother. Such as "I just found out my mom does more dope than I do," " My fu**ing bitch mom's suing for ten million .She must want a dollar for every pill I've been stealing. $hit, where the f**k you think I picked up the habit? All I had to do was go in her room and lift up her mattress. Yes I know that if your son made millions and he was mocking you hard core, any mother would most likely sue their son especially for giving him a bad reputation. If an artist feels that he should write about the problems he had at home, he shouldn't be sued because he's telling the truth, yes sometimes the truth hurts but deal with it Mrs. Matters.
            

Eminem likes to talk about doing your mom from the behind, gay songwriters, and pop artists whom he can't stand. People like Christina Agulara, Britney Spears, and N Sync get on his nerves. But dont they all. Maybe Britney Spears should be censored on the clothes she wears and the way she touches herself on stage, the point I am trying to make is just because Eminem swears and talks about profane things and gets sued. Britney gets liposuction, a breast enhancement, becomes a pornstar and gets cheered on? Personally I don't understand the facts of censorship within pop culture. You think that maybe parents would not let their little 11 year olds listening to Britney because they might become easy or sluts. But they honestly wont allow Eminem in the hou
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