Most Controversial & Banned Music Videos of All Time

N.W.A., “Straight Outta Compton”

The 1988 Rupert Wainwright-directed video features depictions of gang sweeps by the police. After the FBI condemned “F–k Tha Police,” the video was banned from MTV.

“N.W.A. quickly became not just the world’s most dangerous group but also one of its most intriguing,” Rolling Stone reported.

“The video ain’t half of a half of what go on for real. It’s just a little sweep, no guns. MTV’s into all that crazy devil-worshipping s–t… To me there’s more violence on a motherf–king cartoon than in our music. Little kid see a cartoon character with a gun, he going to want to carry a gun, right? GI Joe, all that s–t. But they aren’t even playing our video on the MTV rap show,” said MC Ren.