"French Eminem" Criticized for Sexist Lyrics

Orelsan: filed under "rapper" "french" "women" "misogynist"

Rap is currently big in France and the rightwing typically doesn't appreciate it. Sarko went to court to take on songs he felt insulted police. In 2007, Monsieur R offended a center right MP by calling France a "slut" and vowing to "piss" on Napoleno and de Gaulle. Now parties unite to ban a sexist song by Orelsan, the rural rapper dubbed also the "French Eminem." He has also been compared to "The Streets" - from the UK because he is neither minority nor urban. The song in question is called Sale Pute (Dirty Slut) and it is about beating up a girlfriend caught cheating. He may be banned from one of France's biggest festivals, Le Printemps de Bourges. As in our own country, there is ACTUAL violence against women going on, and it is felt that he glorifies it. 

YouTube was asked to remove the video and it is not the one we will show. He once said "Eminem is much more hardcore than me, I would never insult my mother." He further said he was a mysogynist and would not hit a woman (as his song advocates doing.) He also points out that he's less hardcore than a popular French tv series where a guy is bumped off after five minutes for no reason.

 

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