In the last few years, hip hop music has become a musical phenomenon, drawing listeners from all over the globe, including the United States. Controversial lyrics and sexual overtones have stirred conservative sentiments in the US. Many songs with foul language are censored, and sex talk is bleeped out. But does this censorship really works on the radio? Listening to a couple of broadcasted rap songs will make anyone switch the station out of irritation. …showed first 75 words of 447 total…

…showed last 75 words of 447 total…to hear their favourite songs all bleeped and cut up when the ideas that the radio stations are trying to block get through anyway. I think that the radio stations should either designate a time at night where the uncensored hip hop music can be played or just scrap the playing of these explicit songs all together, because the end result after censorship is a choppy mess that drives most listeners to change the station.