Using Shazam To Counter Misogynistic Lyrics, And Other World Changing Ad Campaigns

Buried in the second verse of D12’s 2002 song “Fight Music” is the line: “I fucking hate you, I’ll take your drawers down and rape you.” In his 2012 song D2B, the rapper Problem takes a subtler but still pernicious approach, claiming: “In the bedroom there ain’t no rules.” But there are, and they hinge around consent, communication, awareness, and comfort–concepts that many songs ignore in favor of promoting violence, abuse, and a toxic masculinity that too often bleeds into...