In a Notorious B.I.G. song the opening lyrics say: "Chest to the breast, sex is all I expect." This is absolutely revolting for women and I think there should be fines for such lyrics. A song that contains such words should be taken off an album.
In 50 Cent's song In Da Club, the thing that really annoys me is the chorus, which goes: "You can find me in da club, bottle full of bub, look mami I got the X if you into drugs. I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love, so come give me a hug if you're into being rubbed."
Young people look up to 50 Cent and think he is really cool so when he raps about drugs, sex and guns they will be influenced by it in a negative way. And in that song he uses the f-word five times.
They do play edited versions of these songs on the radio, but when kids like me suddenly hear loads of gaps in a song we still know what they are saying.
- Andrew Dixon writes for Headliners, a journalism programme for young people aged eight to 18. www.headliners.org.
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