In 1987, Luke Campbell the frontman of 2 Live Crew came under heavy fire from the national media for his music being filthy, degrading and misogynistic. It was such a big deal that Luke Campbell had to go to Congress to address these matters. After the trial the end result was record labels would put a sticker on tapes and cds which contained obscene or vulgar content, and not sell these albums to minors, we now know these as the "Parental Advisory, Explicit Content" stickers that we find on albums. As a result Heavy D along with Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, and Q-Tip released a song aimed right at the controversy called "Don't Curse". The song itself is brilliant, it featured some of the greatest rappers of their time on the track and at their peak form.
John Starks was an unlikely NBA Superstar, he played for four different colleges in four different years, and wasn't expected to be much of a factor in the league, but Starks got his big break with the New York Knicks in 1993 when he became the starting shooting guard and was the 2nd leading scorer on the team to Patrick Ewing. Starks was one of the most dangerous of all the streaky shooters to ever play the game, he was capable of scoring 36 on 12 for 16 shooting one night and the next night score 5 points on 2 for 25 shooting. However, in the bigger games Starks almost always showed up (Game 6 of the NBA Finals vs. Houston was one very notable case of him not showing up).. As brilliant a scorer John Starks was he built his greatest reputation as a defensive stopper, guarding some of the best players ever like Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, and several others. Starks would make the 1994 NBA All-Star Team, was a member of several playoff Knicks teams, and also in 1994 went to the NBA Finals for the first and only time, the Knicks would eventually lose to the Houston Rockets.
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