Decency in Music Act

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There used to be FCC regulations on language on the airwaves, and one day they repealed those regulations and that allowed the most violent and vile content on the airwaves and on television. As a result, music has been a tool to promote violence, drugs, and lude behavior. Millions of young children have grown up, listening to what is essentially serial killer music and they are influenced to do all the things that lead to homicide and incarceration.

Record labels, celebrate and reward real life, gangsters, and these rap artists tell stories about the crimes they commit to our easily influenced young generation. Today, homicide is the number one killer of young African-American males, and despite this, there is no accountability for the record labels that promote the music that leads to violence we see in our communities and our school everyday.

People have the right to free speech, but if this violent music, or music that promotes debauchery and drug use is found in the hands of a child, then, there should be a financial consequence to those responsible for producing, promoting, and distributing that material.

The Fines for each violation should be so significant, that the record labels would reconsider promoting music and artist that are producing content that illustrates drugs, violence and murder, and instead, give a platform to the many young positive artist that promote love and inspiration.

The real life consequences of what the music industry is producing devastate millions of families each year. Roughly 10,000 African-American people are killed in our streets each year and many of them are teenagers and young men who have not had a chance to grow into their wisdom and make a difference in the lives of their families or their communities.

This act isn’t about taking away free speech, but it is about Limiting the distribution of violent lude, and illicit content, protecting our children, and holding billion dollar record labels accountable for the deadly products they fund, promote, produce and distribute.

I have worked on this issue for many years and would love to be a part of the conversation.

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While an outright ban would violate the First Amendment, I agree that it should not be promoted on open airwaves where any young audience could listen. This would be about protecting youth and not babysitting adults.

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If you don’t like the music don’t buy it, don’t listen to that radio station. Be careful since you seem to be targeting rap music and African Americans specifically.

If the p-diddy stuff comes out in the open, some of these problems might get dealt with and talented young people get a better way to enter into the music or hollywood business than what they have now.

There is STILL freedom of speech in this country. Remember how Ed Sullivan tried to censor the Doors from saying “higher”? Nobody started smoking weed just because they heard the Doors sing “Light my fire.”