French rapper Booba (real name Elie Yaffa), during the eighth edition of the festival – SADAKA EDMOND / SIPA
For some artists containment inspires new ways to sing, to do
concerts, of
create. Others, obviously, inspire sexist remarks. This is what internet users discovered after a montage of rapper Booba, where he staged himself asking for the price of the fine from a policewoman who verbalized it, the rapper then replied “up”, as if he was a prostitute.
A snapshot that reacted the MP for The Republic on the march Alexandra Louis, who tweeted her astonishment, describing the rapper as “a beauf of service”. Other netizens reacted under the artist’s post with disgust or weariness.
Some artists work to advance awareness and not much @booba who prefers to play the service beauf. As a promoter of the #Sexism Does he wonder in which society his daughter will grow up? https://t.co/GSgzUgTR5c
– Alexandra Louis ???????? (@ ALouisDeputee13) April 27, 2020
History and reputation
Note, the photo concerned includes the mention “@ kopp.memes”, which refers to one of the singer’s nicknames, “Kopp”, literally: “the memes of Kopp ”.
It’s not the first time that rapper Booba is accused of sexism. During a brawl with rapper Kaaris in the summer of 2018, he would have declared according to Parisian “Get up bitch, we’re going to fuck your wife like in the song”. Even if some people don’t hesitate to see him a kind of “feminist icon”.
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