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 ...

In the summer of 1990, the sticker would specifically read “Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics.” The stickers no longer exist today, but songs are still labelled as “explicit” on streaming ...

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 ...

You Can’t Stop This Mother F***** (Audio Only, Explicit) by Tyler Bates on VEVO. Tyler Bates’ Deadpool 2 score will be the first ever all-music film score to boast a parental warning sticker ...

The letter included a brochure with “frequently asked questions” about the advisory label. “Overwhelmingly, parents support the parental-advisory program,” said RIAA spokesman Jano Cabrera.

Timeless and The MC also bring us back to the origins of the Parental Advisory sticker and explicit lyrics label, including a choice audio excerpt from Frank Zappa's 1985 testimony at a Senate ...

Jay Martel’s script skims the surface of this once-heated subject that resulted in the placement, by the record companies themselves, of “parental advisory” stickers on recorded music ...

With record conglomerates’ marketing practices under fire from regulators, the Recording Industry Assn. of America said it would launch a mass-mailing campaign to support its use of “parental ...