American Rap Controversy: Biggie and Tupac
Censorship paper
e of the main responsibilities of government is to protect its citizen and make their life straightforward and comfortable by screening just about everything in the society. Government have Customs agency so nothing prohibited or destructive can get in the motherland, they have FDA to screen all kind of drugs and food so they can’t injure the general public. Bad foodstuff, expired or questionable drug or illegal items coming through the Border can make our life horrifying but in a long run nothing can influence us more than the media and its several forms such as television, radio, film, documentary, songs or even paper news. After making a film, a documentary or even releasing a song, the first process that the creator/author/director has to pass through is the “censorship”. Censorship is defined as the repression of language or other communication which may be considered objectionable, detrimental, sensitive, or problematic to the society, specific person(s), government or even government agencies as determined by a government, media or other controlling organization(s). In this paper, I am going to talk with reference to two different songs by the N.W.A, known as one of the most dangerous group on earth from Compton, California, Tupac Shakur, representing west coast and Biggie Smalls from east coast of U.S. The organization/band/member of N.W.A and several of its songs have been already banned for its debatable lyrics and political hostility. Some of its songs were so debatable that the government (FBI) had to step in and ban it from the private Web channel for the Public Web users, the “YouTube”. “1-8-7 on an undercover cop”, by Dr. D.R.E and Snoop Dog, two of the founding members of N.W.A, echoes the resentment towards the Police, a very influential, “dealing with citizens on a daily basis to maintain the law and order situation under control” government branch. The song, in general, speaks of violent behavior and drugs that government is
e of the main responsibilities of government is to protect its citizen and make their life straightforward and comfortable by screening just about everything in the society. Government have Customs agency so nothing prohibited or destructive can get in the motherland, they have FDA to screen all kind of drugs and food so they can’t injure the general public. Bad foodstuff, expired or questionable drug or illegal items coming through the Border can make our life horrifying but in a long run nothing can influence us more than the media and its several forms such as television, radio, film, documentary, songs or even paper news. After making a film, a documentary or even releasing a song, the first process that the creator/author/director has to pass through is the “censorship”. Censorship is defined as the repression of language or other communication which may be considered objectionable, detrimental, sensitive, or problematic to the society, specific person(s), government or even government agencies as determined by a government, media or other controlling organization(s). In this paper, I am going to talk with reference to two different songs by the N.W.A, known as one of the most dangerous group on earth from Compton, California, Tupac Shakur, representing west coast and Biggie Smalls from east coast of U.S. The organization/band/member of N.W.A and several of its songs have been already banned for its debatable lyrics and political hostility. Some of its songs were so debatable that the government (FBI) had to step in and ban it from the private Web channel for the Public Web users, the “YouTube”. “1-8-7 on an undercover cop”, by Dr. D.R.E and Snoop Dog, two of the founding members of N.W.A, echoes the resentment towards the Police, a very influential, “dealing with citizens on a daily basis to maintain the law and order situation under control” government branch. The song, in general, speaks of violent behavior and drugs that government is
Links: of the Songs: i. “1-8-7 on an undercover cop”- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutWuza9aDM ii. “hit em up”- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HjsZqOaQ0 Lyrics can be found at: i. “1-8-7 on an undercover cop”- http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/2pac/hitemup.html ii. “hit em up”- http://www.metrolyrics.com/deep-cover-lyrics-snoop-dogg.html Also used the following Video(s) to understand more: i. Straight Outta Compton- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8&ob=av3el