UK Town Considers Banning Gangsta Rap

All pubs and clubs in the Berkshire town of Reading could be forced to ban ‘Gangsta Rap’ from their venues following a spate of violence in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

A massive brawl involving around 20 people spilled out onto the street outside the Café du Sport venue into the town, with a 24-year-old man suffering serious damage to his head from a glass bottle.

Town inspector John Relph is meeting up the club manager and will discuss whether the music inside in the venue had any impact on spurring the violence.

Inspector Relph, said: “If the general consensus throughout all town centre bars and clubs is that the heavier side of R’n’B, hip hop and gangsta rap music attracts violence, Thames Valley Police will look into banning it. The matter will first be discussed in depth with PubWatch, which overlooks clubs and bars in Reading.”

Speaking to the Reading Evening Post, Reading PubWatch chairman Bill Donne said: “Certain genres of R’n’B and hip hop attract a hardcore who believe the only way to bring an evening to a climax is to kick off.

“If a premises holds these types of events and closes at 2am for example, then trouble will start at around 1.50am – you can set your watch by it.

“However, I would stress that 98 per cent of people who attend R’n’B and hip hop events are lovely people who are there to enjoy the music and have a good night out – it is a minority who ruin everyone else’s night.”

Erm, isn’t that the same with any genre of music?!