French Divided Over Bataclan Performances by Rapper Medine

"All I want to do is the Bataclan, the Bataclan." Those are lyrics to a song released earlier in the year by rapper Medine. Two of his concerts are scheduled for the Bataclan theater in October. But not everyone wants to see the shows go on. At issue, in part, are the words to another song by the artist, whose real name is Medine Zaouiche. In the song, "Don't Laik," one line goes, "I put fatwas on the heads of idiots." The song was released in 2015 — the...

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