TW for rape, violence
Rihanna, who hit headlines in 2009 after being severely beaten by former boyfriend Chris Brown, has now come under fire for encouraging extreme violence in a new music video.
In the video for “Man Down,” which premiered on the BET network this week, the popular songstress is involved in an implied rape scene with a man she
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(Ha, oh wait, because it's a black woman singing in reggae-style about it, of course)
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Yeah, but Chris Brown's continued success and support by the mainstream music community is somehow o-
“If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass and BET should know better. The video is far from broadcast worthy.”
-kay.
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Seriously, fuck this. The viewer responses to "Man Down" on her twitter put it so well, and each in 140 characters or less. A smattering:
http://twitter.com/#!/rihanna/status/76377660539928576
http://twitter.com/#!/rihanna/status/76133413530255360
http://twitter.com/#!/rihanna/status/76131152217391104
http://twitter.com/#!/rihanna/status/76130909996331008
http://twitter.com/#!/rihanna/status/76130108125093890
My love for Rihanna grows deeper every day.
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