Nigerian social pundit, Daniel Regha has reprimanded Arsenal FC for involving rapper Odumodublvck‘s tune to report Declan Rice as its latest signing.
The Hip Hop artist released a song earlier this year with the name of the former West Ham midfielder as the title.
On July 14, the Gunners made Rice public via its official Twitter account. For a club record cost of £105 million, Munititions stockpile marked the Britain global from West Ham.
Sharing a video of the 24-year-old displaying his football skills while ‘Declan Rice’ played in the background, the club captioned; “A new chapter begins.”
Regha, however, stated that the English Premier League team should not have chosen such song since it encourages violence in his reaction to the news. Despite the fact that Declan Rice is mentioned in the song, the lyrics are derogatory.
He connected it to the current outbreak of violence at Lagos State University by claiming that LASU had come under fire for how they treated artists, but that he was being attacked online for criticizing a song that incites violence.
He tweeted; ”Arsenal shouldn’t have used Odumodu’s music to announce their player; The song references Declan Rice but it also has a negative connotation cos the lyrics promote violent behavior. The club should’ve made a simple announcement or use a song with positive msg instead. No offense.
LASU was heavily criticized not quite long over how Bella Shmurda & others were maltreated at Poco Lee’s concert, but today I’m an “enemy of progress” for condemning a song that literally promotes violence. Many of u don’t understand the impact of violent music in society. Sad.”
However, Odumodublvck took to his Twitter page to thank Arsenal fans for consistently asking the club to use the song in Declan Rice’s announcement video.
He wrote; “Massive. Abj stand up. Declan Rice.”
“Thank you to everyone who pushed the club to use the tune. You might think you did not have any impact on this, but I really do feel that you guys did. The pressure was werser by the day. God bless you all. I am so grateful”.