The first of the familiar black-and-white parental advisory sticker debuted on 2 Live Crew's "Banned in the U.S.A." The album was released on July 24, 1990 — almost five years after the RIAA ...

On this day in 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center (also known as the PMRC) gathered to form what would eventually become the infamous parental advisory label. The group held a meeting at a ...

Those records saw some chart success. His 1979 self-titled sophomore album and his 1981 full-length Controversy were top 40 hits. His fifth album, 1999, broke into the top 10, peaking at No. 7.

But thanks to the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), that now-familiar Parental Advisory label on the front of albums, which has been co-opted for shirts and merchandise over the years, became ...