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Article: Arrest for obscene rap music.(INDUSTRY BRIEFINGS)
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- Music Trades
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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A man playing loud, expletive-laden rap music on his car stereo was arrested after a cop in Rotorua, New Zealand, took offense at the bad language. "They parked up at the Visitor Information Centre, threw open their doors and were listening to their rap music. It's questionable about the musical value of something when it's just a string of expletives," said police inspector Bruce Horne. "The arrest sent a clear message. People going to our visitor center don't want to hear music where every second word is the F word. It's not what we need in a tourist town." The man who played the music signed a "guilty letter" at the Rotorua police ...
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