Le Figaro Nice
A few days after the controversy surrounding the lyrics in his latest title, the rapper “Freeze Corleone” defended himself in a press release sent to the press and on X (formerly Twitter).
The 31-year-old French songwriter denounced
“untimely declarations”
,
“arbitrary and insulting interpretations”
or even
“imaginary words”
on the part of Éric Ciotti, the Nice deputy and president of the Republicans and Christian Estrosi , the mayor of Nice.
He announced that he had filed two complaints for “defamation” against them.
These two elected officials were outraged by the rapper's second verse in his latest piece,
Haaland
, a duet with "Luciano", which implicitly evokes the attack of July 14, 2016 on the Promenade des Anglais (86 dead, more than 450 wounded).
“
In defense I’m Kalidou, you’re Lenglet.
Burberry like an English grandfather.
I arrive in rap like a truck that bombs hard on the..."
, he says, without finishing his sentence.
“A filthy insinuation”
for Éric Ciotti, who also saw it as
“a new step towards the infamous”
taken by Freeze Corleone.
In 2020, he had already been accused of anti-Semitism in some of his lyrics from the album
The Phantom Menace (LMF)
.
Christian Estrosi was also scandalized by a new
“vile provocation”
,
“infamous”
, hoping that
“the piece will be banned by the courts”
.
“Whistleblowers-perpetrators”
The latter announced that he would file a complaint, something that the association of victims of the attack “Life for Nice” also did.
The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes had also written a report highlighting
“the despicable nature of this reference”
.
The public prosecutor of Nice, Damien Martinelli, has decided to open a preliminary investigation for “apology of terrorism”.
“Messrs Estrosi and Ciotti saw fit to have to defame Freeze Corleone, by inventing, themselves, lyrics that they decided to add to the artist's verse, in order to then be able to denounce them
,” contest the rapper and his teams in the press release.
“The whistleblowers are in reality the authors
,” they insist.
Contacted, his lawyer, Me Sanjay Mirabeau, adds
“that he will provide the necessary documents to show that there is a period at the end of this sentence”
, and not ellipsis, which would change the situation according to him.
Concerts canceled
In the press release, Freeze Corleone's teams again recall that he
"has already suffered from an unjustified controversy due to a few misunderstood words"
.
In 2020, Universal music France explained that it was terminating its contract with the artist.
The artist still denies it today and speaks of “a smear campaign” against him.
At the same time as this controversy surrounding the lyrics of the song
Haaland
, the Northern prefecture issued an order to ban the artist's concert planned at the Zénith in Lille on Thursday.
That of the Rhône has just imitated it for a concert planned for Saturday in Lyon.
Decisions against which Issa Lorenzo Diakhaté, alias Freeze Corleone, filed appeals.
Another concert scheduled in Nantes is also in the process of being banned, after a cancellation last December in Saint-Herblain.
Rachida Dati's participation in a rap show contested by an elected official Reconquête!
Nice
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, went to a rap show
“which recently hosted Freeze Corleone”
.
This is what Philippe Vardon, elected Reconquête, pointed out!
to the Nice municipal council.
“It is obviously a mistake
,” he stressed in his press release.
This close friend of Éric Zemmour and Marion Maréchal asked Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, to demand explanations from Rachida Dati.
“In the name of the people of Nice
,” he insisted.
Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally, also questioned this appearance in the “DVM show”, in connection with the artist's latest comments on Nice.