If you follow the German singer/rapper Bushido....he's gotten himself into the top ten news items of the day.
A description of Bushido? He's a guy who grew up in Berlin (the old West Berlin), and has a particular view of society, which probably doesn't agree much with how some Germans view things.
If you mention his name around working-class German kids (say 12 to 18)....he's a legend.
So he produced this recent album (Sonny Black). He did several raps which had some negative language tied into gays and women. Yes, vulgar words were used (no doubt to that discussion).
Some folks got hostile about that. They wanted his album stamped 'harmful to minors'. The court yesterday agreed. The funny thing about this 'harmful' business....this originally got started in 2015. How many kids bought the album over the past four years? Probably over a ten-percent of the youth population. And they probably shared it out to three or four friends each.
Various efforts are underway or having been used to prevent Bushido from getting awards or being noted. I would suggest those efforts are mostly laughed at by the youth crowd, and simply proves Bushido's criticism of German society in 2019.
Where this is going to lead onto? Every month that passes, I would suggest that this rapper....Bushido....is getting closer to becoming a political party-start-up guy, and like France's Macron.....he could invent a political spectrum out of thin air. The rap enthusiasts around Germany? They might agree with his criticism of the government.
A force in 2021's national election? Maybe. Even if he doesn't make up his own party....he might have a rap or two....to shift opinions of young voters.
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