Or is this lyric not suitable for radio 1?

[SkygardenTower]

Listening to Radio 1 yesterday around 8:20, Greg James show, lots of listeners calling in saying it was first day of the new school year.

Little Nas X - industry baby
And these girls know that I'm nasty (mm)
I sent her back to her boyfriend
With my handprint on her *

The blanked out part is ass cheek.

Personally, I don’t think this is an appropriate lyric ever, it normalises sexual domestic violence. But on Radio 1 during the school run time is totally not ok, they know young children listen to the show. Yes parents can switch it off, but by the time you have realised it is inappropriate the lyric has been sung.

So AIBU?

You are bing unreasonable: it is just a song
You are NOT being unreasonable: inappropriate lyric for that time and show

Plenty of white rappers and drill artists about you racist little eejit.

Blimey, if they took all songs that had questionable lyrics off the radio, there'd just be the ads!!!

There are so many songs on at the moment that are about drug dealing and county lines. It’s awful, lets glamourise grooming and abusing children into drug dealing shall we? 🤷‍♀️

And that's just fine and dandy for the school run?

For fucks sake.

A white man did rap that line

MN racism in all its glory

It’s not even about spanking a woman during sex, Lil Nas is openly gay!

Tbh after blurred lines (robin thicke) was played constantly on the radio, at school discos etc I'm surprised anyone is shocked at what's ok to play during prime time anymore, and that was nearly a decade ago....

He didn't rap that line

@NightmareSlashDelightful you have ruined more than words for me!! Genuinely thought it was a romantic song about expressing love through actions (yes I see now!!)

For me it's grease lightning
"The chicks will cream"
"She's a real pussy wagon"

Heard a few times on R2 in the day never bleeped out

Since when is spanking during sex considered domestic violence?

There are way worse songs played on the radio. If you find it offensive I suggest putting on Spotify and making a playlist.

Wrong, he’s not white, try again!

@Sally090807

Jack Harlow is definitely white

And is the person who rapped this particular lyric

This song has been bothering me for days!

Are you stupid, these lyrics was from a white guy and there are white guys with much worse lyrics

Spout your racist hatred somewhere else

Stuff like this should not be played on the BBC.

Why?

Their main audience is younger people so will play current music

I can find absolutely no evidence that More than Words is meant to be about that, so I wouldn't worry - any quotes from Extreme all talk about it being about the fact that its easy to say the words "I love you" but its your actions that show that you mean it. Zero mention of blow jobs or sex.

The lyrics for 212 are outrageously rude

I don’t think it’s appropriate to drop the N word in to pop songs either

Doesnt sound like DV to me, sounds like a comment to say her boyfriend will know they've been together

Why did you assume it was about DV?

But as for the rest of the thread, yes I agree that there is an uncomfortable paradox that 'pop' music is for young people and people just starting to explore their sexuality/behaviour but is frequently sung along to by pre teens, tweens, young children and is quite explicit in a way that previous lyrics were not when 'teenagers' were initially invented.

My fave is:
You know that it ain't shit, we'll be gettin' lots of tit, greased lightnin'

Telling children its normal to spank your partner so hard it leaves hand prints is seriously sick.
But hey ho I’m a vanilla kink shaming prude so don’t come at me.

(I am also a huge rap fan).

I happen to like the song however no it’s not suitable for kids and a school drop of time radio show , the problem is with a lot of songs just editing out the swear words etc you can still get the jist of the song

It's got nothing whatsoever to do with domestic violence. It's a mildly saucy lyric, that's all.

Agree. Most on here have obviously never watched porn.