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 ...

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 ...

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 first ...

But the advisory label (or, as some folks called it, a “Tipper sticker”) had consequences that went far beyond that. Frank Zappa speaks out against record labeling. | Wally McNamee/GettyImages ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Some Virginia Republican lawmakers are pushing for new state laws that would require Virginia schools to put parental advisory warning stickers on the cover of school ...

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 ...

Albums featuring "parental advisory" labels went on to be some of the most successful of the past three decades.

Albums featuring "parental advisory" labels went on to be some of the most successful of the past three decades. The music industry agreed to slap a 'parental advisory' label on albums on this day ...