21. RAPPERS SPEAK OUT IN CONGRESS ABOUT N-WORD CENSORSHIP
In the wake of radio host Don Imus' racially insensitive comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, Black community leaders urged recording and broadcast industries to ban the words "bitch," "ho" and the N-word. Rappers Chamillionaire and Master P supported cleaning up hip hop lyrics, but Mississippi rapper David Banner, who didn't agree this potential censorship, went all the way to Capitol Hill to speak before Congress on the subject. Master P also testified at the hearing.
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