The True Story of the Record Store Owner Convicted of Selling 2 Live Crew’s Banished Album
On June 8, 1990, an undercover Broward County detective entered into E-C Records and purchased 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be on vinyl and cassette for $8.49 each. Charles Freeman’s struggling record shop was in a troubled part of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, surrounded by a few churches, run-down nightclubs, and modest homes. Residents of the area would…
