den här uppsatsen undersöker jag hur svenska rapmusiker ser på sina möjligheter att uttrycka sig fritt efter uppståndelsen kring den så kallade Mr-Cool affären. Resultatet bygger på intervjuer med sex svenska rappare och tyder på att dessa inte låtit sig påverkas i någon större utsträckning, men studien visar samtidigt på att svenska rappare har en stark artistisk integritet och ett motstånd mot mainstreamkulturen i samhället. Moralpanik och yttrande- och skapandefrihet som studien delvis berör visar sig även engagera dem på ett personligt plan.

This paper aims to examine the different portrayals in Swedish journalism about a case with a controversial topic. The analyzed case in this study focuses on the provocative rapper Mr Cool and his song about sexual intercourse with a child and the following mediated debate about freedom of speech and morality. The research questions examined were: How does the media frame the meta-debate about Mr Cool? We picked 16 articles and analyzed them with a qualitative content analysis method using framing theory and argumentation techniques in order to be able to examine how the debate were portrayed by the media. We also used the moral panic concept to get a deeper understanding of the mechanics of topics the society is concerned with. We have found that the participants of the debate handled the subject differently and with different strategies, depending on which side they would support. The central discussion was about personal taste, boundary making and the consequences of silencing what is thought to be offensive. The results of the analysis agrees with previous studies and theories in the field when it comes to moral panics and fear as a natural part of our society. History is likely to repeat itself but with other motives and other fears.