Freeze Corleone is once again at the center of controversy.
Accused in 2020 of anti-Semitism in some of his texts from his album
The Phantom Menace
(LMF), the rapper attracted the wrath of Nice politicians, due to his title entitled
“Haaland”
released this Thursday, February 8.
“In defense I’m Kalidou, you’re Lenglet. Burberry like an English grandfather. I come into rap like a truck bombing hard on the..."
, he says in the second verse of the song.
If the sentence is not finished, it is easy to understand the insinuation thanks to the two previous rhymes, which rhyme with
“Promenades des Anglais”
.
Political reactions were quick to defend the memory of the 86 dead and 318 injured, all victims of a terrorist ram truck attack on July 14, 2016 on the famous Nice pier.
Éric Ciotti, president of the Republicans, denounced Friday evening on X a
“filthy insinuation”
.
“A new step towards infamous has been taken by rapper Freeze Corleone.
(...) 86 angels were mowed down by an Islamist barbarian.
This rapper must be prosecuted for advocating terrorism!”
, launched the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes.
Earlier in the day, it was the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi who hoped to see
“the piece banned by the courts”
, and announced on the Threads application his intention to file a complaint
“in the name of respect for the victims and their families”
.
“It’s infamous. Another despicable provocation from a rapper who uses the tragedy of July 14 in Nice to create buzz by exploiting an Islamist attack which left 86 victims in our city
,” the councilor also added.