Music Censorship

Music Censorship is a very controversial issue that has been around over fifty years. In the world of music, the censorship effort repeats itself every generation. Society always tries to censor something or somebody to stop the world from evolving or changing. Since music is so popular and universal, it gets censored the most. Music censorship alters the creativity of music artists and does not abide by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. More specifically, it does not respect the freedom of speech.
Music is a free expression of the ideas, traditions, and emotions of individuals and of people. It may express musicians’ hopes and aspirations, their joys and sorrows, and their identity as a culture. Yet these expressions often conflict with those of people in power. Then there are those who are threatened by the very nature of a free exchange of ideas.
Censorship is when a person, an organization, or a government decides t...