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RAP ON TRIAL 2 Live Crew, Obscenity, and South Florida Justice, 1990 (The Grayson Diaries)

Richard Grayson

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In 1990 the rap group 2 Live Crew's album, "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," with its hit single, "Me So Horny," was declared obscene by a federal judge in South Florida. Broward County subsequently arrested 2 Live Crew for a live performance of the banned album at a Hollywood nightclub and also arrested a Fort Lauderdale record store owner for selling the forbidden CD.

Acclaimed author and diarist Richard Grayson here takes us back to the courtrooms of Broward County in that tumultuous fall of 1990. Grayson's diary entries from those two obscenity trials -- both with shocking verdicts -- make for an amazing historical record of a time when hiphop music was considered not fit for "civilized" people.

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: December 23, 2010

RAP ON TRIAL 2 Live Crew, Obscenity, and South Florida Justice, 1990 (The Grayson Diaries)

Richard Grayson

0/5 ( ratings)

In 1990 the rap group 2 Live Crew's album, "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," with its hit single, "Me So Horny," was declared obscene by a federal judge in South Florida. Broward County subsequently arrested 2 Live Crew for a live performance of the banned album at a Hollywood nightclub and also arrested a Fort Lauderdale record store owner for selling the forbidden CD.

Acclaimed author and diarist Richard Grayson here takes us back to the courtrooms of Broward County in that tumultuous fall of 1990. Grayson's diary entries from those two obscenity trials -- both with shocking verdicts -- make for an amazing historical record of a time when hiphop music was considered not fit for "civilized" people.

Language: English

Pages: 32

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: December 23, 2010

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