Berlin mayor starts legal action against rapper's violent song
The mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, has filed legal action against a song by German rapper Bushido. The song – which contains violent language directed at specific people – could soon become banned for minors.
Bushido's song is called "Stress ohne Grund" ("Stress for no Reason"
, but German authorities have seen reason enough to take action against the song. On Monday, the head of Germany's Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors said paperwork had been filed to investigate whether or not the song belonged on 'the index,' which includes media that minors are not allowed to purchase or access online.
The song, which has also been released as a music video, features Bushido rapping about "coming to the party and causing stress for no reason." The rap contains several discriminatory sections aimed at homosexuals and names specific public figures as targets of violence. Bushido also raps: "I'll shoot at Claudia Roth and she'll get holes like a golf course," referring to the head of the Greens party.
A spokesman for Wowereit - Berlin's openly gay mayor who was also targeted in the song - said on Monday that "the content of this video provided grounds to file a complaint," and that it would be up to prosecutors to determine if there was evidence of an indictable offence.
Bushido has drawn criticism in the past for homophobic, anti-Semitic, and misogynist song lyrics.
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