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Apr
The BBC has defended playing a rap song that compared Queen Elizabeth II to the deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
The song, Great Britain, is written and performed by Scor-Zay-Zee, a DJ and rapper who has converted to Islam.
The song – which has been played on Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe’s show – accuses the Royal family of murdering Princess Diana in 1997.
“It is a protest song and has been selected entirely on the basis of musical merit,” a spokeswoman said.
“The BBC should not be playing this song,” Mediawatch UK director John Beyer had told The Sunday Telegraph.
The track also criticises Britain’s relationship with the US, and also accuses British people of being “brainwashed”.
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