Slut sues rapper
The Guardian reports that a French court has agreed yesterday to consider a complaint brought by a conservative MP against the rapper Monsieur R for referring to France as a slut in a song.
The court in Melun, south of Paris, said it would rule early next year on the complaint filed by Daniel Mach, MP for the Pyrénées Orientales, who said he had the backing of 150 MPs but was bringing the action “on my own personal account, because I feel assaulted by these insults. They are a real attack on the dignity of France and of the state.”
Apparently, M. Mach objected to the song FranSSe, from Monsieur R’s latest album Politikment Incorrekt, which includes the lyrics “France is a bitch, don’t forget to fuck her till she’s exhausted/You have to treat her like a slut, man.” And: “I piss on Napoleon and on General de Gaulle.”
If convicted, the rapper faces up to three years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (£51,000). “As soon as a rapper expresses himself, bizarrely, everyone launches into him,” he told the France Soir newspaper yesterday. “There are plenty of songs that are part of this country’s artistic heritage and every bit as virulently anti-France, and nobody complains.”
Sunday 27 Nov 2005 | Paul | France
