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Rappers hit as 'cranky old man' opens fire |
2008-12-15 |
A 70-YEAR-old man opened fire with his hunting rifle on a rap group at a concert in northeast Senegal at the weekend because he felt their song lyrics were insulting him. Five young people were wounded in the shooting incident at Lobali village in the Matam region on Senegal's border with Mauritania, some 700 km from the capital Dakar. The man told the rappers to stop when they started singing about a "cranky old man", and when they did not, he opened fire with his rifle, a local police officer said. "The elderly gentleman felt that these young people were insulting him in their songs," the officer said. The man was arrested. Rap songs, whose lyrics often criticise political leaders, aspects of daily life or social behaviour, have become increasingly popular in recent years in mostly Muslim Senegal. |
Posted by:tipper |
#10 Grand dog be keepin' it real. |
Posted by: ed 2008-12-15 21:34 |
#9 "you dacoits git offn my lawn!" |
Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-15 21:32 |
#8 WHAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh, sweet irony. You wonderful bitch you! |
Posted by: DarthVader 2008-12-15 20:37 |
#7 Rappers complaining about gunfire? Posers, I say! |
Posted by: SteveS 2008-12-15 20:19 |
#6 Most rappers deserve capital punishment simply for their standing offense against the standards of decent musical taste |
Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-15 18:00 |
#5 "...Struck in Lobali again" (?) |
Posted by: Ulusock Squank9466 2008-12-15 16:20 |
#4 With apologies to CCR: "..Wounded in Lobali again..." |
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-12-15 14:02 |
#3 Any chance this will become the legal norm ? |
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-12-15 13:17 |
#2 So...no more dissin the old guy now that he went all gansta on them. You homies down wid dat? |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-12-15 11:16 |
#1 Yo! Bus this, Rantburgians! I was bustin' mad rhymes down there in Senegal Got my homies rockin, I was keepin' 'em enthralled When some geezer with a rifle came a-walkin' past Got me in his sight picture, put a cap in my ass . . . |
Posted by: Mike 2008-12-15 10:40 |