Following news that a particular and heavily controversial lyric from Rick Ross on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O (You Ain’t Even Know It)” was enough to warrant a petition, a Michigan radio station has just announced that they plan on banning the Miami rapper’s music unless he issues an apology.
XXLMag.com reports that the radio station, Michigan’s WUVS 103.7, will also ban Lil Wayne and his music unless he too issues an apology.
“Effective immediately Muskegon’s WUVSlp 103.7 the Beat has pulled ALL Lil Wayne and Rick Ross music from rotation. We pride ourselves on playing music that is non-degrading and non-violent. While we believe in freedom of speech, creative writing and individualism, we refuse to be part of the problem by spreading messages that could harm or end someone’s life,” read a statement from WUVS.
Lil Wayne recently brought about tremendous criticism from fans following the release of Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix).” On the song, Lil Wayne insults slain teen Emmett Till as he raps, “Beat that pussy up like Emmett Till.”
“Karate Chop (Remix)” was ultimately pulled by Future’s label Epic Records, but Lil Wayne has yet to publicly acknowledge his Emmett Till lyric.
RELATED: Future Says Lil Wayne Had “No Bad Intentions” With Emmett Till Lyric On “Karate Chop (Remix)”
I’m from detroit I’ve never heard of that station in my life smh. JLB Hot 1075 are the main station so no biggie weezy and rozay!
can’t you read DUMMY !!!!! this is in muskegon on the west of the state.
Shut up bitch fuck you and muskegon !!!!
You shut up, all defending Ross and Wayne. You dat bitch ass groupie waiting for them backstage to give em a dick suckin they can never forget.
231 stand up!
Lol this is so dumb. Not a fan of either, but people getting sensitive over everything everyone says is getting old
LOL, they shouldnt play any gangsta rap then. no one has any problem with all the murder?
you got a point there they are stupid i feel sorry for that radio station.
I like this, but you can’t just pull these 2 and ignore what Gucci and others are sayin’. Ban all trap rap from radio
do you really think they play gucci mane on the radio?
gucci hasnt had a hit song in rotation since ‘Wasted’
YES, THEY SHOULD PLAY UNDERGROUND RAP, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE MAJORITY WANTS TO LISTEN TO.
THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND YOU, SO THEY SHOULD PLAY ONLY WHAT YOU LIKE.
Rick Ross & Lil Gayne
Trash musics
Fake Songs
GZA 4 Life
Let me try and understand this correctly. With all the vile bullshit raps and songs that drown the culture, all of a sudden they’ve decided to be righteous and single out Ross and Wayne? I mean I agree that the lyrics are bullshit, and I’m not against taking a stand, but at the same time it makes no sense. Eminem, Tyler the Creator, Gucci, Jeezy, Royce 5’9, Game, 50, and the list goes on. Why haven’t they been banned then? I’m a huge Game fan, but u can’t support some vile artists and not support others. Game can be as Vile as they come. Ok he doesn’t rap about rape, but what about Em then? He made a living rapping about that stuff. This game is a joke man. I’d love for these types of lyrics to be stopped as well, but do it all the way or not at all. Don’t pick on Ross and Wayne cause that’s the current thing to do. Niggas been crossing the line in rap.
If you stopped these kinds of lyrics your opening pandoras box for everybody who’s offended by anything to complain and get any random shit banned. Before you know it your left with nothing but Disney radio
Either your for Freedom of Speech or against it, there is no middle ground
well I doubt they’re playing Kill You, Bonnie & Clyde or Criminal off Eminem’s playlist.
c’mon use your brain. at least Eminem has talent, Ross and Wayne are easy to single out because they won’t lose sleep over banning them, of all the rappers out there.
I’m guessing the directors aren’t really big fans of Ross or Wayne to begin with, and who’s gonna dispute that?
Talent isn’t the issue here. First off Both Ross and Wayne are talented. As talented as Em? no probably not, but content is the issue here. All I’m saying is you can’t pick and choose when you wanna be righteous and stand tall. Do it all the time or never. Don’t just pick on 2 rappers, when a high percentage of them do the exact same thing. U can’t be bias and say it’s ok for Em, but not for Ross or Wayne because they aren’t as talented. And for the record Em has had a boat load of vile singles are the radio. Do you’re history. Are u kidding me? Plus they probably play extra cuts on Michigan radio.
Wayne and Ross are not talented at all.
frivolous selective targeting. fox new type shit.
This dumbass radio station will be out of business soon. YMCMB and MMG are running the game right now. Hopefully other rappers will step up and not allow the radio station to play their music as a display of solidarity.
THEY AINT RUNNING SHIT… KENDRICK RUNNING HIP HOP RIGHT NOW
Waynes new record is about to flop! gonna be his lowest selling album in 10 years
The only thing Kendrick is running is his tongue in and out of Dre’s asshole. Oh and fuck ymcmb and mmg they’re all garbage!
K-Dot wouldn’t let you suck his dick now you butthurt. They killed Fuckkenny!!! YOU BASTARDS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfF1kkXVjXg
so NOW theyre offended?
TRYING TO RIDE THE BANDWAGON CUZ THE MEDIA IS ALL OVER THESE 2 ARTISTS…BUT THEY WILL KEEP PLAYING THE OTHER ARTISTS THAT SPREAD SIMILAR MESSAGES!
THE MEDIA IS JUST SO FUCKED UP THESE DAYS.
only People Gone Miss Their Music Is Lame Niggaz And White folks
Freedom of Speech only works 2 ways, either your for it or against it. So today, Ross’s Rape lyric offended somebody and we banned that. Now, the door is open, so say some religous fanatic says he’s offended by Kanye West “Jesus Walks” song or something similar, you cant ignore him now because you’ve already shown you’ll step in and censor people when you think they crossed the line, so he has an argument that you have to take serios………And then before you know it, every activist group on the horizon shows up to whine ; Gays, Fat people, the hadicapped, midgets, anybody wh finds anything offensive to them can now make the argument.
This is how Censorship starts, when you give one group of crybabies there way
Before you know it, hip hop will sound like Disney Radio…… Oh well, at least Drake will still have a job when it happens
See, I agree with this, once you limit freedom of speech you open the floodgates. But I still think Ross and Wayne were over the line with their respective raps.
Is it restricting freedom of speech if a radio station bans them? People can still listen to them, they just dont get radio play. So they have a choice; they can say what they want, but they wont get as much mainstream attention with it.
Seems fair, I’m not sure I’d call that restricting freedom of speech. Say what you want, but take the consequences.
Ppl just be hatin
n you be dickriding
dumb ass groupie
ay yo chill Ja Rule is out soon!
Murda we dont believe you!
GGGGG UNOT!
now lets ban every rapper that says nigga
but they won’t have anything to rap about :/
no one wants to listen to lupe fisaco 24/7
^^^haha! A+…nigga!
No one wants to listen tolupe fiasco..ever.
Who would be left to entertain the masses?
they can never ban Ja Rule
All of those rainy days
Spend ya lifetime tryin to wash away
Until the sun shines and I see your face
Smile at me, smlie at me
“what would I be without you”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ_0YMSodlY
Now they need to do that shit in Cali. They’re music makes people dumber!
no no no brother/sister…… music does not make people dumber. we have the sense to know whats good/bad if this is the case we might as well ban movies and tv shows as well
point is…. take the good ish and run with it if you don’t have the sense to know whats good/bad you have personal issues
only chuck d can save hip hop
With what, his Medicaid card?
that’s racist!
We smart in Muskegon.. Fuck those non talented niggaz
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Ross has never presented himself as a rapper that relies on shock value to get people talking. Traditionally, that’s more of a Tyler the Creator, Eminem type of thing. Ross is the guy to try to sound cool and act like he’s a boss, that’s the way he’s always rapped. At least that’s the way his music has always come across to me. So when he says stuff like this, he makes it seem like he thinks that shit is cool or acceptable. Then add the fact that the verse he said it on is just a feature on someone else’s song, I don’t understand what he has to gain from such a line.
Yeah, Big rapped about Gutter kidnapping kids, fucking them in their ass and throwing them over the bridge. Still, I don’t think that compares to this. Not making excuses, but in the context of that song, that line always seemed to me like he was painting a vivid picture. It was dark, offensive to some, but he was making a point. Ross is literally talking about himself date raping bitches. I don’t see where he’s going with it.
Now they just need to ban their GARBAGE across the U.S.! Every single song they make is 100 percent BULLSHIT ! and yet they still pump that shit down everyone’s throat, playing the same FAG Rappers on Rotation non stop! They need to play the real shit like big krit, or immortal tech!
you sound like a fag. hahaha
AMEN.
I find it funny that both of these songs feature the worst rapper/singer of all-time in Future but he gets a pass only because Lil Wayne/Rick Ross said lines that are controversial? I’m having a theory that Future really hates Lil Wayne/Rick Ross so he can have his way to become the next rap superstar. Fuck you Future, you are no Pac, not even a Nate Dogg with that weak autotune hook and take your boyfriend Mike WiLL Made It away from the rap industry.
future not even t-pain
And replaced their music with eLZhi & Jon Connor… WIN!
muskegon is like a few hours away from detroit not a major radio station so no one cares 0.0
Goes to show you that Michigan is a state of retards.
this is great for hip hop
They banned their music, till one of them has a big banger that is being requested every 15 minutes. then they will cave
Question, before this song, isn’t all of their music degrading and violent? Damn hypocrites! They play degrading and violent rap all day long.
Ban that fat cunt perod………….Boss my arse……If you think he is a boss you must be some weak arse inmate. 1 minute he is a corrections officer of the law and the next he wants to spit about breaking it!!!!!!!!!!! and please if your gonna start all that shit sticking up for his persona stealing arse………make sure you have been in the position where some no good cunt tells you you cant have a shower,use the phone,go to the gym,cant have a visit,and your mail has not come, then on top of that shuts your door on you for the night and smiles as at you whilst doing it his name should be FFN……….Fat Fake N and yall fake ass rappers that claim to be street niggas and then go work with him (Dr Dre Nas ect) 1 min Dre is saying fuck tha police next his making beats for them. And Nas has a whole loada tracks going on about his boys in the PEN then he goes on a track with the people that been keeping them there. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (HA HA) that he aint been in that position and COMPTON’s own gang banger.GAME 1 min he is pissed that scumbag 40 Gloom is taking the legal route on his arse the next he wants guest appearances from a CORRECTIONS OFFICER yall fake you should all get together and form a group N.W.M Niggas Without Morals. If your brought up on a street code fuck rapping by it leave by it. So they say if your gonna talk the talk walk the walk!!!!!
so gay how british people say arse instead of ass
Ban that fat cunt perod………….Boss my arse……If you think he is a boss you must be some weak arse inmate. 1 minute he is a corrections officer of the law and the next he wants to spit about breaking it!!!!!!!!!!! and please if your gonna start all that shit sticking up for his persona stealing arse………make sure you have been in the position where some no good cunt tells you you cant have a shower,use the phone,go to the gym,cant have a visit,and your mail has not come, then on top of that shuts your door on you for the night and smiles as at you whilst doing it his name should be FFN……….Fat Fake N and yall fake ass rappers that claim to be street niggas and then go work with him (Dr Dre Nas ect) 1 min Dre is saying fuck tha police next his making beats for them. And Nas has a whole loada tracks going on about his boys in the PEN then he goes on a track with the people that been keeping them there. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (HA HA) that he aint been in that position and COMPTON’s own gang banger.GAME 1 min he is pissed that scumbag 40 Glocc is taking the legal route on his arse the next he wants guest appearances from a CORRECTIONS OFFICER yall fake you should all get together and form a group N.W.M Niggas Without Morals. If your brought up on a street code fuck rapping by it leave by it. So they say if your gonna talk the talk walk the walk!!!!!
To bad they don’t do it in Detroit,lol. Muskegon is more conservative and is a small market anyways.
Talent isn’t the issue here. First off Both Ross and Wayne are talented. As talented as Em? no probably not, but content is the issue here. All I’m saying is you can’t pick and choose when you wanna be righteous and stand tall. Do it all the time or never. “Don’t just pick on 2 rappers, when a high percentage of them do the exact same thing. U can’t be bias and say it’s ok for Em, but not for Ross or Wayne because they aren’t as talented. And for the record Em has had a boat load of vile singles are the radio. Do you’re history. Are u kidding me? Plus they probably play extra cuts on Michigan radio.”
A high percentage of them don’t rap about rape. not in the way Ross did. and here’s the difference between Ross/Wayne and most other emcees: Rick Ross and Lil Wayne thrive on their ignorance and their belligerent lyrics. Eminem has a story to tell, most of the time(plus he had a rough childhood which revolved around those things). Game raps about the hood. Some mo’fucka on here quoted DMX’s lyrics when the nigga’s music is mostly from the 90s – DMX even had homophobic lyrics back then. there are not many rappers out there that are as belligerent as Ross and Wayne are, who EMBRACE it.
even the gangsta rappers have a modicum of passion or relatability in their lyrics. we don’t even know if Ross and Wayne are 100% about that life as they say they are. I have no doubt they’ve grown up in the hood, but clearly they exaggerate some of their shit. yes, other rappers do too. But in THIS case, this is about senseless lyrics which have no storytelling purpose, so Michigan feels within the right to ban them.
are you gonna scour through the internet to look for lyrics that could “prove” Ross and Wayne aren’t the only ones doin that shit? waste your time if you want to, cause that Michigan radio station won’t. they already know Ross and Wayne have no filter in their lyrics. they won’t lose sleep over it.
True… DMX talked about raping a guy’s daughter in front of him. Where was the outrage then? Eminem has said so many shocking things Tim Tebow won’t invite him to his church. I think people just like to hate on Wayne and Ross because it’s popular right now to do so. If they weren’t in the news seemingly everyday on any number of hip hop sites or featured in magazines, nobody would care. You go after the easy targets. Then when they’re gone, that’s when the fair weather fans pop up and say how great they were. They’re only human. Yeah, what Ross said was bullshit, but I think he said it to just to get a reaction and to get people talking about the song.
Eminem and DMX both caught a lot of backlash so stop acting like everyone just ignored that shit and Ross is special.
Eminem had GLAAD protesting outside the staples center during the Grammys. They tried to ban him from going to Austrailia,
YA’LL KNOW I DON’T JUST SUCK THE DICK I LICK THE BALLS TO. SHOUT OUT TO WEEZY FOR LICKING THE BALLS JUST LIKE ME.
in that case then every rapper should be banned for using the word “nigga” because slavery to me is the worst thing that ever happened to humanity ..slaves were called nigga,they were beaten and some killed …so how is the rape lyric or the Emmet Till reference worse than slavery or Eminem’s lyrics on bombing the white house ,killing the US president,raping women and shooting up kids at Columbine high school ..Many other rappers have worst references ..Why Ross and Wayne?
pretty sure they dont play songs that say nigga on the radio
what good does spreading messages of condoning rape and comparing Emmett Till’s beating to fucking a pussy do? if anything its taking a stand for something good and trying to make a positive change.
Stop trying to make excuses for them…
Thats discrimination against epileptic Rappers
homophobia too