tonight we want to show you how it's playing out in jamaica. the battle there is over what's known as dance hall music in that caribbean country. to some, it's musical poetry, not unlike rap in this country. to others, it's not only raw, but dangerous. on a recent visit to jamaica, in collaboration with the center, "worldfocus" correspondent lisa biagiotti took a look at how it's reverb baiting in jamaican society. >> almost every night in jamai jamaica, music booms from the inner city until daylight. it's wednesday night at this dance hall in one of kingston's most notorious ghettos. this club draws party-goers from all levels of jamaican society. but many are outraged by the genre of music. earlier this year, murderous and sexually explicit lyrics were banned from the jamaican air waves in the name of protecting children. >> me personally, it doesn't make me want to have sex. it's just a song. >> the reason they don't want it is to avoid the subject. >> it's really an issue of class and power. it's under the facade of, we're losing our young

sic has -- it's one of the greast influences in jamaica.n my mind, if the music influence in such a negative wa imagine in y turn it around and the rics are potive lyrics. >> supportersof dance hall believehe band s less about censs graphic images and lyrics and more about the battle between jamaica's upper and lower classes. grachamilton is prompt jamaican dance hall artist. her sexually explic song led to the nationwide band on broadcting theost graphic nce hall music. >> they have a probl because say thin -- thats what was causg the problem. everyby was like, oh, th is unfair. they're fighting dance hall and culte because we come from the g toe and inner city. they don't want to see us step to their level. they want toplit jamaicanto two differenhalves. >> like any other country,e have a history and that histy is steed in plaation past ere you have awhite kind o victorian effecthat's supped to be the appropriate way of being. this is what's thoughtof as the godly. >> some ople are descred as having two tribes. an theseribes operate diffe

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