Controversial Malaysian rapper Wee Meng Chee, aka Namewee, is ruffling some feathers again, this time pretending to be an Afghan terrorist for his latest music video., which appears to be the 38-year-old’s response to being censored in China, drew mixed reactions from viewers who either praised his bold move or criticized him for misrepresenting Afghanistan culture.
“The Afghan traditional dress, whilst not the burka, is definitely not revealing. Have some respect for other cultures,” one of the viewers, known as Ying Wen said Sunday. Some were skeptical of the filming location despite Wee insisting that it was filmed in Afghanistan, which was recently conquered by the Taliban. A vehicle in the music video, which features Taiwanese rap duo Asiaboy & Lizi, had a Taiwanese license plate.
The music video came out a month after Wee was banned from Chinese social media platform Weibo over a post that drew parallels between the Chinese Communist Party and the Islamic extremists. The clip features a fictitious terrorist group called Hello Hater that hides in the desert and kidnaps cyberbullies Wee refers to as his haters. The trio rap in Hokkien dialect with lyrics like, “F*ck you, come and face me directly,” and “Go to hell, bastard.”“I didn’t care much about the haters anyway….
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