- In an effort to keep "the airwaves free of harmful content," Jamaican officials have banned songs that glorify drugs and crime from being played on the radio.
- The decision, announced this week by the Jamaican Broadcasting Commission, was made in hopes of reducing the country's high crime rate, according to the commission. "The use of the public airwaves to broadcast songs that promote or glorify illegal activity could give the wrong impression that criminality is an accepted feature of Jamaican culture and society," reads a statement released by the commission. "It could also unwittingly lend support to moral disengagement and further normalize criminality among vulnerable and impressionable youth, and the young adult demographic."
- The announcement has sparked a torrent of backlash from musicians and fans, many of whom see the ban as censorship. "While I understand why people feel like this and even I donât agree with glorifying guns or any use of any drug at all, we canât stop the creatives from singing about what they see around them or grew around," a musician named Romeich writes on Instagram. "Are you going to ban Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms where the same people have the same access to the same songs?"
Mutha Knows dishes the best celeb gossip and crazy stories each morning on the Tea on the Rise n Grind Morning ShowFull Bio