never killed no cop. I felt like it a lot of times. But I never did it." -- Ice-T, National Review, July 20, 1992. "Clearly, the real intention of the would-be music censors is to impose on all Americans the tastes and values of political powerbrokers who don't connect with the experiences and concerns of the young, the alienated and minorities." -- Arts Censorship Project, ACLU. "Most importantly of all, labeling requirements are usually coupled with restrictions on sales. Therefore, mandatory labeling laws would bring about unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment right of artists to express themselves freely, and on their fans' right to hear what the artists express -- whatever the subject might be." -- Arts Censorship Project, ACLU.
             Like any form of media or art, popular music has a history of censorship. As I will show, censorship has arisen in several different guises: as a political or religious tool to deny certain knowledge, or as moralistic safeguard against potentiall
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