“This is our culture,” Mr. Ghetto says, calmly but defiantly, “just like Mardi Gras or jazz. Bounce is a major part of New Orleans and ain’t one better than the other.” Mr. Ghetto became an Internet sensation with his “Walmart” video, which included women in booty shorts shaking their asses in and around the discount retail superstore. “We have our own flavor, our own style down here.

“BET, MTV, Hollywood blockbusters, they all have half-naked girls,” Mr. Ghetto says. “They have sex scenes...