The ten-minute rap with conspiracy theory and violent undertones was released on Monday evening and has provoked many reactions. In it, the rappers profess their “hatred” of the RN electorate and an “artistic use of violence”.
In a track published on Monday evening entitled “No pasarán”, a collective of around ten rappers, including Fianso and Akhenaton, call on people to vote in favour of the New Popular Front and against the Rassemblement National. “Come on, let’s get the bayonets out; if the left gets through, we’ll get the good plans out (sic)”.
The rappers are characterised by the use of extremely violent lyrics and insults. “Jordan you’re dead” is repeated three times in the first few seconds of the song, before “Marine and Marion” are labelled “hoes” and a plea is made for “a beating with a stick on these horny bitches”. The rappers follow up with explicit threats. “Fuck Bardella’s mum”. “If the fascists come by, I’ll make them disappear with a big calibre”. “The inside of their souls has faded, they deserve to die”. “We vote against the pigs”.
Finally, the rappers attack “Sheitanhayou” – meaning Netanyahu – and celebrate Palestine “from the Seine to the Jordan”. “The 30s and their smell are making a comeback, normal that Sheitanhayou is the white man who provides the contact”. The authors of the song condemn the fact that with “the same lyrics” they were seen as “anti-racist and pacifist” yesterday and as “anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists” today.
“You can’t call shameful statements that should outrage us all ‘pithy punchlines’,” wrote the director of the Foundation for Political Innovation, Dominique Reynié, on X. “The new new popular front. Makes you want more, doesn’t it? I hope the public prosecutor’s office will look into this abomination,” Marine Le Pen also reacted on X.
“The famous ‘pithy punchlines’: calls for murder, violent misogyny, blatant anti-Semitism and conspiracy theories. The mental universe of the extreme left is becoming increasingly toxic,” criticised Jordan Bardella. The Rassemblement National also announced that it would file a lawsuit for death threats, insults, sexist slurs and incitement to violence. The leader of the Reconquista party contented himself with replying “No restarán”.