A Gurgaon hotel has canceled the New Year Eve concert of rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh in the wake of Widespread criticism Following The Delhi gangrape victim's death.
An FIR was registered in Lucknow Also against the controversial singer for the explicit and demeaning lyrics of two of his songs, rap Rape and C *** t.
IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, on Whose complaint the FIR was registered, said: "These songs are vulgar, lewd, indecent and act as catalysts for crime against women." Demands for banning the concert, the tickets ranged from Which of Rs.14, 000 to Rs.25, 000, Gained ground as Activists shot off emails to the general manager of The Bristol hotel. A petition was filed on the website Also change.org.
"These pornographic lyrics are unacceptable and it is Because of women-hating sentiments like these That Men Think That It's fine to Do What They did on That Bus ...," said the petition.
The hotel said it will INITIALLY Go Ahead With The event. "We have sold the tickets. The audience wants to see him perform live, THUS canceling the show and refunding the money is impossible," a publicity manager for the show said. But under flak, it Decided to call off the show.
The rapper disowned these songs. His publicist said: "These are not Honey Singh's songs. I've never ever composed and written Such songs. This is an Attempt to malign him by people who are jealous of him." But the discography of a 2006 album, titled C *** t Also, featured the song as the title number of the album and mentions Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah as the singers.
An FIR was registered in Lucknow Also against the controversial singer for the explicit and demeaning lyrics of two of his songs, rap Rape and C *** t.
IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, on Whose complaint the FIR was registered, said: "These songs are vulgar, lewd, indecent and act as catalysts for crime against women." Demands for banning the concert, the tickets ranged from Which of Rs.14, 000 to Rs.25, 000, Gained ground as Activists shot off emails to the general manager of The Bristol hotel. A petition was filed on the website Also change.org.
"These pornographic lyrics are unacceptable and it is Because of women-hating sentiments like these That Men Think That It's fine to Do What They did on That Bus ...," said the petition.
The hotel said it will INITIALLY Go Ahead With The event. "We have sold the tickets. The audience wants to see him perform live, THUS canceling the show and refunding the money is impossible," a publicity manager for the show said. But under flak, it Decided to call off the show.
The rapper disowned these songs. His publicist said: "These are not Honey Singh's songs. I've never ever composed and written Such songs. This is an Attempt to malign him by people who are jealous of him." But the discography of a 2006 album, titled C *** t Also, featured the song as the title number of the album and mentions Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah as the singers.
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