A Passage from Hip Hop Reader pg. 119

In the section that talks about how 2 Live Crew is the first group to be prosecuted for their obscenity in a recorded musical because of their race is compared to some other artist and how they sexual explicit themselves  are not prosecuted.  It states that Madonna has masturbated, seduced a priest, and depicted group sex on stage and has never been prosecuted.  They are claiming the reason for this is strictly based on her race, she is white.  2 Live Crew is black so it makes them worthy of being prosecuted for their music.  I do not think it was based on race.  I just think that 2 Live Crew is exploiting women, and probably ninety five percent of the complaints that the county had came from women so the judicial system had to do something about it.  Madonna was a role model for other women, teenage girls still to this day dress like her for special occasions that require an eighties theme or for Halloween and men wouldn't complain about seeing something like that.  It's all about how it is done.  If a white group of rappers where to say the things in a music video like 2 Live Crew did, I wouldn't buy their music either.  The way the sing it and display women is just plain disgusting.  Madonna never said even an ounce of the words in her music as 2 Live Crew has.