Posted on 04/22/2004 7:12:18 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Hip-hop dropped
Thursday, April 22, 2004
JOE SNAPPER and THE SAGINAW NEWS
Outkast's "Hey Ya" grabbed a Grammy Award this year, but Old Saginaw City bars don't want patrons -- as the flamboyant hip-hop group's lyrics go --to "shake it like a Polaroid picture."
Under pressure to stem a tide of shootings, some pub owners say they will stop playing the popular dance music widely linked to violence.
A fatal shootout last month at Captains Cove and the gunfire outside Shenanigan's Irish Pub two weeks later have stoked fears of gang-related fights regularly spilling into the watering holes.
While many blame hip-hop, others say the shootings flow from revenge and that shutting off the music will only hurt businesses.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
It'd be like dropping Bob Seger and Lynyrd Skynyrd in an area I'm at.
Outkast's "Hey Ya" grabbed a Grammy Award this year, but Old Saginaw City bars don't want patrons -- as the flamboyant hip-hop group's lyrics go --to "shake it like a Polaroid picture."
Under pressure to stem a tide of shootings, some pub owners say they will stop playing the popular dance music widely linked to violence.
The author of this piece should have picked a better example to make his point. "Hey Ya!" is in no way violent.
A.K.A. Sleepy Brown
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