Music Censorship in America "Music censorship is any discriminatory act that advocates or allows the suppression, control, or banning of music against the wishes of the creator or intended audience" (Nuzem 7). So how common is it in America today? Isn"t artist's freedom of speech protected through the first amendment? Even though the first amendment states "congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press" (Nuzum 177), one would be surprised with the number of musicians who have been forced to alter lyrics, who have been the cause of riots, who have had ...