"Free Mumia" lyric too hot for MTV

[Kevin Robert Dean]

Public Enemy Fights the (MTV) Power
Thu Sep 19, 2:20 PM ET
By Josh Grossberg 

Once again, Public Enemy is fighting the power. This
time, the subject of the pioneering,
politically-minded rap group's ire is a little network
called MTV.

The Chuck D-led hip-hop icons have had their latest
rap, "Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need," banned by
the music channel because of a lyric deemed too
political by the suits at MTV, the Los Angeles Times
reports.

As is standard procedure with MTV, PE submitted the
clip for review earlier this summer. However, the
network's standards division balked at airing the
track--the first single off the recently released
Revolverlution--because it contained the phrase "free
Mumia."
Full:
http://tinyurl.com/1jy6

=====
Kevin Dean
Buffalo, NY
ICQ: 8616001
AIM: KDean75206
Buffalo Activist Network
http://www.buffaloactivist.net
http://www.yaysoft.com

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!
http://sbc.yahoo.com