Radio station under fire for playing obscene song

A group of ministers and community leaders gathered in front of the offices of 97.9 The Box yesterday to protest the station's having played a rap song with sexually explicit lyrics Saturday night. The station claims its CD of Twista's remix of "I'mN Luv (Wit a Stripper)" was marked by the record company as being OK to play on the air, but when the DJ popped it in, it turns out it was the version that contained lyrics like these. Yeah, we can see why some people might have been surprised.

Among the listeners Saturday night was Minister Quanell X, who said he heard the song while he was driving around with his family (oops!). He filed a complaint with the FCC asking it to sanction the station for violating obscenity rules. The Box's general manager said he plans to meet with people concerned over the song to apologize for what he called an honest mistake.