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From 'Pop That Coochie' to Congress
In 1990, the Broward County Sheriff's Department arrested Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell on obscenity charges.
Not for a crime. Not for violence. Not for theft. For a song.
And Uncle Luke said: No.
He fought the United States government all the way to the Supreme Court. And he won. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (1994) established that commercial parody is protected under the First Amendment, a ruling that every rapper, every comedian, every satirist benefits from today.
In 2026, Luther Campbell is running for Congress in Florida's 20th Congressional District. The same Broward County that had him…
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