This article discusses the use of the popular drug ecstasy and its prevelances in popular music lyrics. It studies the use of "ex" by youths across America and the trends seen throughout the music industry with lyrics regarding drugs.

This article focuses on the use of drugs, particularly cocaine, in the rap and hip hop industry. It speaks about the slang used and different artist's use of the drug game in writing their rhymes.

This article talks about the way radio stations and record labels are censoring their artists and albums. Some artists are force to remove songs from their albums, create edited albums, or even refuse to play certain artists. It also talks about how many albums containing derogatory terms and drug references are not sold in certain stores and not played on certain stations, despite the censorship which might aid in the literacy of younger listeners.

The author here talks about the impact that Marshall Mathers, known as Eminem in popular culture, has had with his derogatory lyrics. It speaks about the use of derogatory terms in reference to race instead of culture. It is an article about the persona Eminem puts on with his raps and lyrics, and the real meaning which is underlying throughout the derogatory terms and crude ideas.

This article discusses the use of slang by different ethnicities. It discusses the concepts of whether or not slang can be pinpointed to certain cultures opposed to a certain group of "slang talkers". It also helps distinguish between slang being used as a barrier between teens, adults, social groups, and even differences between friends. This helps to illustrate the different varieties of literacy among youths and adults from different cultures.

In this article, Lloyd discusses whether censoring musical artists is really profitable for the businesses. It talks about the crossroads presented in censoring when talking about business opportunities opposed to their civil liberties of protecting today's youth and supporting proper literacy among youths.

This journal discusses the use of inappropriate terms and derogatory terms in popular television. It discusses whether or not the content ratings presented were or were not affective in decreasing the amount of offensive language used in prime time television. It presents a study of one week of television in three separate years in a seven year span. It also addresses the per hour percentage of offensive terms or actions from each station examined.

This article discusses the origin and use of profanity during prime time television with respect to children and programs more commonly viewed by children. It also exposes the idea that violence and aggressive behavior can influence the actions and thinking of children in today's society. Lastly, it discusses an analysis of prime time viewing and the profanity and violence portrayed in commonly viewed shows.

This paper discusses the use of English slang by a South African community of Gauteng. Although English is not the preferred vernacular used by most occupants of Gauteng, this study shows the way slang identifies different cultures, races, and social groups among even the African youth who speak English.

In this article Aitchison discusses the origins of slang and the use of "ugly language" by today's youth and school children. It talks about the use of slang to distinguish different subcultures and social groups. It also delves into the subject of words changing meaning and different uses for relatively simple terms. And finally, it discusses how some older individuals attempt to connect with today's youth and adapt to their forms of literacy through using slang and popular words.