KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican regulators are forbidding all explicit references to sex and violence over the airwaves.
The new rules from the Jamaican Broadcast Commission, announced on Saturday, ban any song or music video that depicts sexual acts or glorifies gun violence, murder, rape or arson.
This follows a Feb. 6 ban that targeted dance-hall tunes and videos depicting daggering, a dance style popular among Jamaican youth that features pelvic grinding simulating sex.
The latest prohibition also targets hip-hop and soca, a popular dance music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago.