"Verizon has ended its partnership with hip-hop star Akon after he simulated the
rape of a 15-year-old girl on stage at a show in Trinidad, FOX News has
confirmed.
The girl thought she had won a dance contest, but instead got a
simulated rape, which was caught on video.
'This week the partnership
ended,' Verizon said in a statement sent to FOX News. 'We have music services on
our cellphone service and we were promoting him as one of the artists. The other
part of the sponsorship was the Gwen Stefani tour, of which he was an opening
act. We are no longer sponsoring the tour.'"
This is only the beginning of justice for womyn in the music industry. It is good news to me that this person who thinks that raping a womyn is a form of art will not be sponsored by Verizon. What he did in that video if not illegal is immoral, and should be punished. We are not talking about issues of free speech, this is an issue of morality, sexuality and the respect for womyn in our culture.
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