At a time when most publishers are jumping on board the ‘bash train’ of Hip-Hop, Director and Founder of MemphisRap.com, Hosea Mays, Jr "M Town Luv aka M Town," has ....
April 25, 2007 (Press Release) --
Memphis, TN - At a time when most publishers are jumping on board the ‘bash train’ of Hip-Hop, Director and Founder of MemphisRap.com, Hosea Mays, Jr "M Town Luv aka M Town," has responded with a written column in regards to the recent attacks by critics and others against Hip-Hop entitled "Rap/Hip-Hop: You Can’t Censor the Truth." In the column, Mays "M Town" speaks not only about and for the rap/hip-hop community, but also he speaks to the parents of the hip-hop generation. Mays even took it as far as throwing out a challenge for anyone who wishes to debate or talk with him about the issue.
When asked what does he think about the recent uproar on rap/hip-hop and about some of the industry leaders getting common words seldom used in rap/hip-hop songs censored, Mays "M Town" stated, "I think that it’s ok that words that are soundly profane be censored, however I don’t agree on the attacks or the blames on hip-hop for the problems in the world today. I believe political and community leaders have far greater things that they should be pointing out and dealing with other than a couple of slang terms used in hip-hop. We have much greater things to address and a much bigger picture, but we won’t get there attacking slang words that the next generation begins to use. Be it similar to profanity or not. I do however agree with the latest suggestions that community leaders that have knowledge on the subject address the slangs words considered to be profanity over the public airwaves. I don’t believe that someone that is not familiar with today’s generation’s language or dialect can speak on what’s wrong or right, or good or bad when they don’t understand the language."
Mays "M Town" is one of many who have taken the initiative to speak up on the issue and address those attacking the genre and looking to seek out the real culprit behind the problem in the community while utilizing hip-hop as a voice of the community. "They are trying to censor the biggest voice that we have in the community, not only is it our voice outbound, but it is also the voice that speaks to us as well. When you go to clean up you don’t sweep the dirt under the rug or make a person think that its clean. You address the problems head-on meaning censoring the words would only be sweeping the problems under the rug. Hip-Hop is not the problem but sometimes it can be the message about the problems," stated Mays.....
The full article "Rap/Hip-Hop: You Can’t Censor the Truth" where the founder of MemphisRap.com, M Town Luv, responds to Hip-Hop Critics and the Three 6 Mafia boycott can be found at http://www.memphisrap.com/community/article1325.html.
When asked what does he think about the recent uproar on rap/hip-hop and about some of the industry leaders getting common words seldom used in rap/hip-hop songs censored, Mays "M Town" stated, "I think that it’s ok that words that are soundly profane be censored, however I don’t agree on the attacks or the blames on hip-hop for the problems in the world today. I believe political and community leaders have far greater things that they should be pointing out and dealing with other than a couple of slang terms used in hip-hop. We have much greater things to address and a much bigger picture, but we won’t get there attacking slang words that the next generation begins to use. Be it similar to profanity or not. I do however agree with the latest suggestions that community leaders that have knowledge on the subject address the slangs words considered to be profanity over the public airwaves. I don’t believe that someone that is not familiar with today’s generation’s language or dialect can speak on what’s wrong or right, or good or bad when they don’t understand the language."
Mays "M Town" is one of many who have taken the initiative to speak up on the issue and address those attacking the genre and looking to seek out the real culprit behind the problem in the community while utilizing hip-hop as a voice of the community. "They are trying to censor the biggest voice that we have in the community, not only is it our voice outbound, but it is also the voice that speaks to us as well. When you go to clean up you don’t sweep the dirt under the rug or make a person think that its clean. You address the problems head-on meaning censoring the words would only be sweeping the problems under the rug. Hip-Hop is not the problem but sometimes it can be the message about the problems," stated Mays.....
The full article "Rap/Hip-Hop: You Can’t Censor the Truth" where the founder of MemphisRap.com, M Town Luv, responds to Hip-Hop Critics and the Three 6 Mafia boycott can be found at http://www.memphisrap.com/community/article1325.html.
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