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[quote=Anonymous]The Brentwood School controversy appears to stem from certain students there who recorded themselves singing A$AP Ferg's "Dump, Dump".

Children today, in public schools and private schools alike, worship and idolize African American rap and hip-hop artists, music, and culture.  They do.

I mean, I hear kids as young as elementary age rapping the lyrics to Desiigner's "Panda", which unfortunately contains the particularly offensive "n" word, as well as a lot else that is very objectionable.

To get an idea, view this guy's video dissection of Desiigner's "Panda" lyrics.

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2016/04/guy-explains-desiigners-panda-song-for-adults-video/

And view this girl's more comical take on Panda, although it does not help with the understanding as much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a299MD6u_oA

Admittedly, it is pretty shocking that kids are going around schoolyards and soccer fields singing this.

Perhaps Tipper Gore was right, after all, and children under a certain age simply should not be listening to the music.  Because when they listen to the music, they love the music and artists, then they want to sing along to the music, and in today's age of self-recording, they want to video themselves singing to the music and acting like the artists.

All those album downloads and buys, and the constant radio play, make a lot of money for the artists.  So the music industry clearly does not have a problem with kids buying the music and listening to it.  But we have to teach our kids that maybe it is not such a good idea to sing along to it (which used to be half the fun with music), and that it is certainly a terrible idea to record yourself doing so.[/quote]

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