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Aya Nakamura brushes off far-right haters in new single
Demonstrators dance during a rally in front of the Rassemblement National (RN) organised by the French association SOS Racisme in Paris on March 24, 2024, in support of Aya Nakamura, following the numerous racist attacks on the French-Malian singer, who was mentioned as a possible participant in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. — AFP pic

PARIS, March 30 — French rap star Aya Nakamura pokes fun at the haters in her single, Doggy, released yesterday in the wake of far-right uproar over rumours she may perform at the Paris Olympics.

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"I don’t have enemies, me / It’s them that don’t like me,” raps the French-Malian artist, the most popular French-language musician in the world.

"A load of enemies but I don’t even know them,” adds the 28-year-old, known worldwide for hits like Djadja which has close to a billion streams on YouTube alone.

Streaming services put Doggy online yesterday, though leaked excerpts have been circulating for years.

A demonstrator puts a sticker reading ‘Madame Le Pen, France is not being humiliated by blacks, it is being humiliated by racists’ on the Rassemblement National (RN) headquarters building during a rally organised by the French association SOS Racisme in Paris on March 24, 2024, in support of Aya Nakamura, following the numerous racist attacks on the French-Malian singer, who was mentioned as a possible participant in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. — AFP pic

Nakamura has been at the centre of a storm ever since a French magazine published rumours she was asked by President Emmanuel Macron to perform a song by French singing legend Edith Piaf during the Games in July.

Neither side has confirmed whether the report was correct, but it was enough to spark uproar from far-right politicians, including Marine Le Pen of the National Rally.

She told French radio: "It’s not a nice symbol, honestly, it’s another provocation from Emmanuel Macron”, before going on to complain about Nakamura’s "outfits, her vulgarity”.

Nakamura has shrugged off her critics, addressing them on social media earlier this month: "I have the impression that I’ve made you discover Edith Piaf and that she’s reincarnated in me. For the rest, whether they like me or not, that’s their business.”

But the polemic means many fans and political supporters are now adamant that she sing at the Olympics. — AFP

Demonstrators pose with a banner (centre) reading ‘there’s no way Marine, this is Paris not Vichy’ during a rally in front of the Rassemblement National (RN) organised by the French association SOS Racisme in Paris on March 24, 2024, in support of Aya Nakamura, following the numerous racist attacks on the French-Malian singer, who was mentioned as a possible participant in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. — AFP pic

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