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LR deputies want to replace Youssoupha's Blues anthem with a song by rapper Kaotik 747

2021-05-30T17:49:52.360Z


In a letter addressed to Noël Le Graët, parliamentarians The Republicans say they are conquered by the rapper who participated in the demonstration of the police, Wednesday, May 19.


On May 18, the coach of the France Football team, Didier Deschamps, revealed the names of the 26 players selected for Euro 2021, which will be held from June 11 to July 11. Apart from the unexpected return of Karim Benzema, after five and a half years of absence, the event caught the attention of critics when the song accompanying the clip dedicated to the Blues,

Write my name in blue

, turned out to be a composition by rapper Youssoupha. If the piece is not, in itself, subject to controversy, the choice of the artist is contested while his rap

Eternal recommencement

, released in 2006, tells of his "

dream where [his] black seed blows up this bitch. by Marine Le Pen

”.

To read also: The anthem of Youssoupha for the Blues "absolutely does not bother" Roselyne Bachelot

On the right, these fifteen-year-old words suddenly came back to memory.

After the rise to the niche of the RN, a handful of deputies Les Républicains made a surprising request to the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) and former socialist mayor of Guingamp, Noël le Graët: choose the rap composed by Kaotik 747, baptized

Let's go children of the motherland

, in honor of the national team.

Present at the police rally

In their letter, the parliamentarians underline that Kaotik took part in the demonstration of the police officers of May 19 during which "

he paid homage to them

". “

The rapper from Nice has been very successful. Tens of thousands of French people have demanded that he compose and produce the hymn of the Blues, ”

they believe

.

Asked about BFMTV the day after the demonstration, the rapper justified his position.

“It's a commitment that I have carried for a long time.

I chose as a guideline to do a so-called "positive" rap, a "clean" rap. In this case in the past, I defended the cause of battered women, sick children ... ”,

he explained.

In 2019, Kaotik designed, in partnership with the city of Nice, the clip

# Projet18

, in support of police and firefighters victims of violence in the performance of their duties.

Kaotik was delighted by the initiative of LR deputies, rapping live on the set of BFMTV.

On the government side, however, we support the choice of Youssoupha.

Roselyne Bachelot said she was

absolutely not embarrassed

by the song of the controversial artist.

The Minister Delegate in charge of Sports Roxana Maracineanu for her part defended a

"popular rapper"

and

"committed against racism"

.

Read also: The choice of rapper Youssoupha to sing the Blues arouses controversy

The president of the FFF, in an interview with the

Parisian

, still wanted to clarify that the song

"is not the anthem of the Blues".

Embarrassed in the spines, he questioned the

"" young "employees of the sales department"

- thus clearing themselves of all responsibility - and, finally, regretted that the marketing around the announcement of the players created controversy.

“I believe we shouldn't have done that and let the list go out as usual, without disclosure. But this song didn't deserve as many comments, it's politics, ”

he said.

Source: lefigaro

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