Sharpton Soft Soaps Hip-Hop ; World News IN BRIEF

Jun 04, 02:03 AM

Current Headlines: DETROIT The Rev Al Sharpton has brought his campaign to clean up hip-hop lyrics to Motown, and organisers hope to collect thousands of bars of soap as symbols of the effort. Mr Sharpton talked about the campaign at the weekend outside the Motown Historical Museum: "The 1960s were the Motown sound and James Brown," he said."But they did not call us the 'N' word and they did not degrade women."

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