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Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Could rap lyrics shift after Wayne, Ross mishaps?

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Could rap lyrics shift after Wayne, Ross mishaps?
Jul 12th 2013, 17:59

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Lil Wayne performs at the iHeart Radio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, two of the most celebrated and successful artists in rap today, recently lost major endorsements after protests forced high profile corporations to drop the rap stars. Both artists rapped lyrics deemed vulgar and over-the-top; one referring to rape, the other about the beating of Emmett Till, on songs where they were the featured acts. (Photo by Eric Reed/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Since it began, rap has found ways to offend. Whether for political content, sexual imagery, misogyny, violence or coarse humor, rappers have found themselves having to defend their words on a regular basis, no matter how innocuous — or extreme.


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