BBC Censors Mic Righteous's "Palestine"

Palestine and Rap go hand in hand, they feed off each other, one sounds better in rage and the other has all the rage you want. So when rapper appears on a BBC show and takes his rap about "Free Palestine" and other things, everything he said makes it out, but not the part of Free Palestine that was censored by the gutless at BBC. What do you expect, bet if he was the rapper to talk about any other controversial topic, he/she would be let free to say what he she likes to say.

A BBC spokesperson said a late night music show was not considered an appropriate forum for political controversy. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Wednesday posted a statement on its website urging listeners to write to the BBC and the Radio Times to complain, and to post their views on Sloth's 1Xtra home page.

Describing the edit as an "extraordinary act of censorship", the campaign asked why the BBC did not ban the song "Free Nelson Mandela" when it was released in 1984. At the time, Mandela was still considered a terrorist by many western governments.

The corporation explained its decision in a statement: "All BBC programmes have a responsibility to be impartial when dealing with controversial subjects and an edit was made to Mic Righteous' freestyle to ensure that impartiality was maintained."

Impartial is so lame in this case, this is like watching someone get raped and doing nothing--I did not want to offend the rapist...that's what BBC apology sounds like to me.

Not to forget that this young rapper is quite good, he is a fast talker who feels the beat and injects as much energy into his lyrics.

Mic Righteous - Fire In The Booth