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Princeton Students launch petition to ban Big Sean’s show

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Students at Princeton     University aren’t     happy to have Big Sean as a performer for an upcoming concert at the campus. Two students have started a petition to ban the rapper from the show, alleging that he promotes “rape culture and misogyny” with his lyrics, reported a wensite.
Duncan Hosie, one of the two students, explained to Daily Princetonian that he researched Sean’s lyrics after watching a promotional video for the concert called Lawnparties.
He later joined forces with the other student Rebecca Basaldua to launch the petition, which has so far garnered 500 signatures.
“After I saw that video, I started researching Big Sean’s language and I found language that was both misogynistic and homophobic,” Hosie said.
“We wrote an op-ed piece that we published on Google Docs and wanted to see the number of supporters. Right now, close to 500 people have signed.”
“I’m sure every singer has a questionable song, but there are a significant amount of his songs that deal with this and I think there are a lot of other artists in the same genre even that would have been a better choice,” Basaldua added.
Other students who supported the ban then posted fliers across the campus with a line from Sean’s song featuring Nicki Minaj.
The Lawnparties is scheduled to take place on May 3. For now, Sean is still listed as a performer for the event, because according to Social committee chair Simon Wu, “the contracts are signed and it’s unrealistic to stop this from happening.” (PTI)

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