Hey Mr. Nazi
| Hey Mr. Nazi | |
|---|---|
| Blumio | |
| publication | June 19, 2009 |
| length | 4:08 |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , rap |
| text | Blumio |
| music | Don Tone |
| album | Yellow album |
Hey Mr. Nazi is a track from the 2009 Yellow Album by the Düsseldorf hip-hop artist Blumio . The song addresses xenophobia in Germany and is an appeal for peaceful coexistence within a multicultural society. The song was released on the musician's own record label Japsensoul and produced by Don Tone , whom Blumio mentions in the song under his real name Rusbeh. The song samples the basic theme of 'Coffee Cold' by Canadian composer Galt MacDermot from 1968.
text
In the song, the Japanese-born artist addresses a fictional right-wing extremist directly, without aggressively attacking him. Rather, the artist pursues a strategy of handing out , as he himself puts it, an invitation to “get to know his culture” and to get out of the right-wing extremist scene. The three-part piece begins with the refutation of common prejudices of right-wing extremists against people with a migration background, this is done in a humorous way. This is followed by the refrain, which takes up the above-mentioned central themes, the artist “extends” his hand to the neo-Nazi mentioned. Furthermore, it appeals to the other person's compassion; Another fictional case of a father who has been the victim of right-wing extremist violence is described. In the last part of the text Blumio (or the narrator ) admits that he used to be "a little racist" himself.
Video
In the official music video, the rapping Blumio's face can initially be seen against a black background, on which the key words of the respective text passage are faded in in white. During the chorus, a rotating white globe on a black background is shown in the background. However, this is not the case in the second repetition, in which the background brightens to a shade of white and black doves , symbolizing peace, fly through the image section.
The video has been viewed over 16 million times since it was published on the YouTube platform (as of July 2018).
reception
In December 2013, a campaign initiated by the Federal Agency for Civic Education started in which seven well-known YouTube artists, including DieAussenseiter and Alberto , uploaded a cover version of the song on their channels. The action was supposed to "reduce xenophobia".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nina Aleric: Politics of the Outstretched Hand ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fluter.de of March 23, 2012, accessed on December 12, 2013
- ↑ Video for Hey Mr. Nazi on YouTube
- ^ Youtuber gegen Nazis , bpb.de
