Conservative politicians and media figures absolutely freaked out about Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s Numbe One hit “WAP” last week, in the wake of a long series of panics about frontier-pushing lyrics in rap and rock. The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt digging back the facts behind the controversy “WAP” (Cardi B’s support of Bernie Sanders and other Democrats is a major factor, such as sexism, racism, and election year opportunism) look at many of the fabric-ups that preceded it.
The discussion ranges from the FBI’s attempts to find obscenity in the Kingsmen’s ‘Louie Louie’ to the legal battles over 2 Live Crews As annoying as they want to be against Tipper Gore and the PMRC’s crazy war against WASP, Prince, Madonna … and Cyndi Lauper.
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