Broadcasters, including radio stations and TV networks, may actually be violating their public interest obligation by playing music which promotes explicit sex acts, drug use, rape, and other criminal behavior. While concrete answers elude me, the following examples point to a conspiracy, or a concerted effort if you prefer, by industry execs to continue promoting rap music with dangerous messages, even when it may be against the law.Īccording to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, the broadcast of obscene, indecent and profane material may be unlawful. But what would the music industry have to gain from deliberately dumbing down rap? And aren’t many popular rappers already dumbing themselves down without the industry’s help? Usually, the end goal is money and power. This practice is common and historically documented in all areas of politics and business, music industry included.
In other words, a conspiracy is nothing more than a group of individuals, conspiring, or discreetly working together towards a wrongful aim. The word “conspiracy” as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary means:Ī : to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement.ī : to act in harmony toward a common end. But what is a conspiracy? Does it always have to be hatched in secret by groups of shadowy men who promote their twisted agenda through seemingly harmless avenues? Or is it sometimes so overt that it simply becomes “business as usual” while an unsuspecting public eats it up without a second thought? Ever since I began publicly speaking out against the mainstream music industry, its corrupt practices and deliberate dumbing down of rap music, I’ve been told by many, including industry insiders, that my claims are unfounded, unverifiable and the stuff of paranoid conspiracy theorists.