The FCC specifically cited the following passages as objectionable: “My bum is on your lips/My bum is on your lips/And if I’m lucky you might just give it a little kiss/And that’s the message we deliver to little kids And expect them not to know what a woman’s is/Of course, they’re gonna know what intercourse is” and “It’s funny cause at the rate I’m goin’/When I’m thirty I’ll be the only person in the nursing home flirting/Pinching nurses asses when I’m or jerkin’/Said I’m jerkin’ but this whole bag of Viagra isn’t workin’.” The version that KKMG played was an edit cut for radio, but at the time, the FCC claimed that the edit was still considered indecent under its guidelines, as it contained references to sexual activity, which violated U.S. On May 31st, 2001, the FCC hit KKMG-FM, part of the Citadel Broadcasting Company, with a $7,000 fine after a listener complained that the song contained profanity. ![]() The Federal Communications Commission dropped a fine levied against a Pueblo, Colorado radio station for playing an edited version of Eminem’s hit “ The Real Slim Shady.”
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