Censorship In Music

“The censorship frame consists of mass media reports that proclaim the cultural association between music and collectively shared and culturally agreed upon perceptions of deviance” (Culture, Rap Music, ‘Bitch," and the Development of the Censorship Frame 1). Arts and Humanities have been regulated by government through entities such as education systems, broadcasting stations and social domains to instill media into the minds of the people. Music is subjected to critic based on language and conceptualization that leads to censoring by governing bodies that influence the mass media and popular culture. Censorship is infringing the rights of free speech in music lyrically and limiting artistic expression to spread thought provoking ideas to audiences.
Censorship in music affects the listener, artist and the access to information that might otherwise be left untold because of fear of ridicule or exhibiting conflicting concepts to cultural accepted beliefs or motives
Art is credible by artists’ freedom of expression and not being dismissed as “art for arts’ sake” in a world that has developed music through cultural identity and social demographics. Hindering artists’ perspectives in anyway is considered censorship as it deploys shady market practices for the mainstream distribution of music and critiques lyricism to apply to codes of lawful disposition in view of the governing body under the nation the artists reside