#Apple censors Vic Mensa’s views on #Palestine | The Electronic Intifada
▻https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/apple-censors-vic-mensas-views-palestine
This is reminiscent of the BBC’s decision to censor the words “Free Palestine” from a freestyle rap by Mic Righteous several years ago.
I am emphatically not criticizing the artist here: #Mensa has clearly pushed hard not to separate his politics from his art. However, it appears some of the executives at Apple might not be too comfortable with that.
Mensa’s music is wonderful and deserves to be heard, and access to mass audiences is still controlled by unaccountable corporations.
But the mood is changing precisely because of artists like Mensa and Lorde, whose recent decision to cancel her Tel Aviv show generated an outpouring of support, and of course all those before them who took a stand when it was even less safe to do so.
Watch Mensa’s original “We Could Be Free” video, partly filmed in Palestine, here:
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