"The trial focused on a 2024 track by Freeze Corleone in which he compared himself to a truck, a line seen as an allusion to an attack in Nice where a man drove a 19-tonne vehicle into crowds, leaving hundreds more injured."
"Public prosecutor Damien Martinelli stated that while art should challenge us, Corleone was fuelled by an ideological undercurrent and a desire to provoke for commercial gain."
"The rapper has faced repeated criticism since 2020 when he compared himself to Adolf Hitler in his debut album and many accused him of antisemitism."
"Corleone, whose father is Senegalese, was also handed a three-year ban from entering the Alpes-Maritimes region, where Nice is located."
A French court sentenced rapper Freeze Corleone to a 15-month suspended jail term for defending terrorism through lyrics referencing a 2016 Nice attack. The song included a line comparing himself to a truck, alluding to the attack that killed 86 people. In addition to the suspended sentence, he was fined €50,000 and banned from the Alpes-Maritimes region for three years. The public prosecutor argued that Corleone's work was driven by a desire to provoke for commercial gain. Corleone plans to appeal the ruling.
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