China's Ministry of Culture has cancelled an upcoming Jay-Z concert in Shanghai, citing the hip-hop mogul's vulgar lyrical content.
The Chinese government clearly have different interpretation as to what they deem offensive music - they allowed the Black Eyed Peas to perform only recently.Sun Yun, a spokesperson for promoter KS Production Company, told the state-run 'Shanghai Daily' newspaper, "Some of Jay-Z's songs contain too much vulgar language". The Rolling Stones were recently allowed to perform, but were instructed to censor all sexually suggestive lyrics.
Jay-Z remains confident that he will one day be allowed to perform in the world's most populous nation, telling AllHipHop, "I look forward to rescheduling my concert date in Shanghai. This world tour has been a life changing experience and it has only been made better by touching the fans that I am seeing for the first time."
