RIGHT. STEVE THE NEW STAGE HERE AT REVIEW PARK, YOU KNOW, IS HOME TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONCERTS DURING THE SUMMER. BUT NOW THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE TYPE OF MUSIC THAT’S PLAYED HERE. RIVERVIEW PARK FANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LISTEN TO JUST ABOUT EVERY KIND OF MUSIC AT THE NEW AMPHITHEATER. BUT NOW WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT A DISAGREEMENT SURROUNDING HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYED ON STAGE. EVERY OTHER WORD APPARENTLY, WAS F-BOMBS. DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL PERSON LINDA WESTERGAARD HAD HEARD REPORTS OF A HIP HOP GROUP USING VULGAR LANGUAGE AT WHAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. SHE DID NOT WANT THAT REPEATED AT FUTURE EVENTS LIKE RENDEZVOUS ON THE RIVER. THAT LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF ONE OF THE PARK’S NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND CONCERT ORGANIZERS. TANNER FAVORED. SINCE THEN, HE’S RELEASED A LETTER ACCUSING WESTERGAARD OF, QUOTE, WHAT I FELT TO BE A DISCRIMINATORY REQUEST. MORE BLUES TO COME. I’LL NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF IT, BUT THEY KNOW WHERE I’M FROM. AN ONLINE NEWS REPORT ON THE CONTROVERSY ALSO INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT BILLY WEATHERS, ALSO KNOWN AS BIDWELL. A POPULAR DES MOINES RAP ARTIST HE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT NEWS STORIES OF WHAT HE CALLS RACIST STATEMENTS BY. AND POLK COUNTY SUPERVISOR TOM HODGKINSON. IT’S VERY REGRETTABLE BECAUSE IT SIMPLY WAS NOT TRUE. THAT LED TO A MEETING THURSDAY MORNING DURING WHICH ALL SIDES SORTED OUT THE ONLINE CONTROVERSY. CITY LEADERS HAVE ONE GOAL. THERE CAN BE HIP HOP COUNTRY. WE DON’T CARE WHAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU BOOK THERE. IT JUST HAS TO BE MUSIC THAT IS APPROPRIATE. SO KIDS IN THE PARK ARE ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO VULGAR LANGUAGE. THE GENRE OF HIP HOP IS IS VERY WIDE OPEN GENRE. DES MOINES MUSIC COALITION DIRECTOR MICKEY DAVIS SAYS RIVERVIEW PARK IS AN IMPORTANT VENUE AND THAT ALL TYPES OF MUSIC SHOULD BE REPRESENTED ON STAGE AND THAT DICTATING PERFORMERS LYRICS WALKS A FINE LINE. FROM THE MUSIC COALITION’S PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY HOPE THAT ANYONE WHO’S IN THE POSITION OF POWER IS WILLING TO REALLY EMPOWER THE MUSICIANS WHO ARE ON THAT STAGE TO BE THEMSELVES. AND WE SHOULD SAY WE REACHED OUT TO CONCERT ORGANIZER, FORMER CONCERT ORGANIZER TANNER BAY, BUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM HIM. BUT ALL SIDES DO SAY THEY HOPE TO HAVE SOME MORE HIP HOP CONCERTS HERE. COMING UP NEXT SUMMER, WE’RE LIVE IN TWO MORE T