Snoop Dogg, a threat to Britain? Not very likely
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments
I don’t often agree with the views of Daily Mail readers, but even they have recognised that banning Snoop Dogg from entering Britain was ludicrous.
In typical Mail style, the paper chose to attack the rapper’s lawyers who successfully used the Human Rights Act to win him the right to apply for a visa to enter and perform in the UK in the future.
The ban on Snoop Dogg stemmed from a violent disorder charge following a ‘brawl’ at Heathrow Airport in May 2006.
However Snoop has not been, and is unlikely to be, the last foreign rapper/celebrity to be involved in a brawl in a public place. Its difficult to not view his banning as the overreaction to a famous rapper with an extraordinarily huge following. Yes, some of his fans may be violent thugs, but that can be said about nearly every rapper/singer/performer out there, not to mention some political parties…Moreover, his style in recent years has been very much down the sedate pop route, collaborating with the likes of the ’safe’ Justin Timberlake and Mariah Carey.
This is a man who is nowadays more concerned with coaching a Little League baseball than gang rivalry. Overturning the ban is a sensible step.
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