Hip-hop pioneer and media mogul Russell Simmons is taking a public stand against the racially charged and misogynist language that permeates much of today’s rap music and hip-hop culture. Simmons is calling for “a voluntary ban on the three words he considers the most unacceptable, and among the most common, describing ‘bitch’, ‘ho’ and ‘nigger’ as ‘extreme curse words’ that were inconsistent with any sense of social responsibility by rap artists or their record companies.”