Honey Singh in trouble: Rapper booked for use of 'indecent' lyrics in 'Makhna'
Earlier, Manisha Gulati said the song may have 'a degrading influence on society'.
By ET Online and Agencies | Updated:
Punjabi Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh in trouble over vulgar lyrics
A week after Punjabi rapper Honey Singh was slammed by the Women's Commission in Punjab for his song 'Makhna', the singer was booked for use of lewd lyrics. The 36-year-old made use of terms like 'Main hoon womaniser', which means, 'I am a womaniser', in his song. This infuriated the Chairperson of the commission, Manisha Gulati, who sought legal action.
Earlier, Gulati said that she had written to the Director General of Police to register a criminal case against the singer for using vulgar lyrics.
A criminal case was registered against Honey Singh (in pic) for using lyrics like 'Mein hoon womaniser' (I am a womaniser).
"A legal action and an inquiry is required to be initiated by the police on the matter as the song readied by T-series chairman Bhushan Kumar and singers Honey Singh and Neha Kakkar uses vulgar words against women," she said in a communique.
She said the Commission has sought status report from the police officials by July 12 in this regard.
Demanding a ban on the song, she said it is "indecent and have a degrading influence on society".
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The rapper in 2013 was involved in a controversy over the lyrics of his song "Main hoon balatkari (I am a rapist)".
Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered the Punjab government to file a case against Honey Singh for singing vulgar songs.
It had also said singers like Honey Singh should be boycotted, as "his songs make us hang our heads in shame".
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Rap as a music genre is often equated with profanity, misogyny, violence and crime. Here are a few times that rappers had to face the music for their work.
Rap as a music genre is often equated with profanity, misogyny, violence and crime. Here are a few times that rappers had to face the music for their work.
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In February last year, the Spanish Supreme Court upheld a three-anda-half-year jail sentence against Spanish rapper Valtònyc (in pic) for writing songs that glorified terrorism, insulted the Spanish royalty, supported leftists militant groups and threatened to kill a Spanish politician using a nuclear bomb. Valtònyc’s appeal that he was protected by his right to freedom of expression was rejected. He was supposed to voluntarily enter jail in late May, instead he fled to Belgium.
While he presented himself at a Belgian court, the Flemish country denied extradition to Spain.
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In May 2018, Turkish rapper Ezhel (in pic) was arrested in Istanbul on charges of encouraging drug use through his music. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Ömer Sercan İpekçioğlu, spent two months behind bars before he was acquitted in June. Now facing another law suit on the same charge, the rapper said in an interview that he was quitting rap to become a lawyer.
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In July 2009, French Secretary of State for Solidarity Valérie Létard, Minister for Culture and Communication Christine Albanel and Socialist Party member and President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes Ségolène Royal were up in arms against rapper Orelsan (in pic) for a derogatory song. They said it was a call for hate and incited violence against women. Orelsan said the song was the depiction of a monstrous man and added he had already stopped performing the song live. Royale also threatened to pull the funding for one of his concerts.
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In 1992, former US president George HW Bush criticised rapper Ice-T (in pic) for his song ‘Cop Killer’ where the rapper condones the killing of cops. Senior Bush did not name the song but slammed lyrics that glorified violence, especially against police officials. Ice-T, on his part, said the song was from the point of view of a black man who had faced police brutality.
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