Fire on Babylon: Jamaica Bans Sex and Violence in Music
Fire on Babylon: Jamaica Bans Sex and Violence in Music
It’s like the 1950s all over again.
Jamaican lawmakers say they will forbid all lyrical references to sex and violence on their radio stations. The Jamaican Broadcast Commission announced new rules which ban “any song or music video that depicts sexual acts or glorifies gun violence, murder, rape or arson.”
The government also passed a law banning “daggering” in music videos, a kind of sexually suggestive dance.