Here's an interesting one - one Rev Al Sharpton has suggested the US media regulator the FCC should have the power to ban
TV and radio stations from playing the music of stars who are involved in acts of violence. His comments follow that violent run in last week between 50 Cent's entourage and the followers of former G:unit member The Game, which came as the hype around
Fiddy's new album began to fill US media.
Speaking to the New York Daily News, Sharpton told reporters: "There has to be a way to step in and regulate what's going on with the airwaves and with violence. We may not be able to stop people from shooting, but we can stop people from profiting from the violence." He tried to draw a parallel with Janet Jackson's
Nipplegate incident, asking why the FCC outrage for Janet being inappropriately raunchy, but not when artists commit acts of violence? "I recall the outrage that the FCC and others displayed in response to the Super Bowl performance of Janet
Jackson. Yet when acts of violence happen around radio stations that actually have caused bloodshed, there has been a strange and disturbing silence from all quarters." In the FCC's defence (and it's not like us to jump to the FCC's defence), presumably if the 50 Cent / The Game shooting had taken place on live TV the FCC would have made some kind of response.
Talking of the Fiddy / Game fall out - word is the latter was taunting the former while performing over the weekend, calling him his
"little bitch" and a "coward", adding "if you don't like me, kill me". Such wise words.