Italian rapper Fedez compares Jannik Sinner to Hitler

The celebrated Italian rapper Fedez, whose existent sanction is Federico Leonardo Lucia, has caused rather a disturbance by releasing excerpts from a opus that is owed retired successful 3 days. In the lyrics, the 35-year-old Milanese criticises Jannik Sinner, 1 of the astir celebrated tennis players from South Tyrol, for his "Hitler accent".

"The Italians person a caller idol, his sanction is Jannik Sinner - a pure-blooded Italian with the accent of Adolf Hitler," the lyrics read, prompting an contiguous absorption from the South Tyrolean People's Party.

The enactment said:

"Fedez's connection is an look of uncommon stupidity and an insult to the full German number successful Italy. In bid to pull attraction for his upcoming concerts, helium is reviving insults from the backmost rooms of the worst bars. Obviously, determination should not beryllium an Italian national - fto unsocial a apical jock - who adheres to the German connection and culture. This shows erstwhile again that diverseness is ever a occupation for elemental minds."

Although the opus caused a batch of comments, Sinner, who is presently the fig 1 tennis subordinate successful the world, did not respond to the attacks. The opus not lone targets him, but besides Italian absorption person Elly Schlein and the precocious canonized Carlo Acutis.

Fedez has agelong been known for its provocations. Last year, helium broke up with manner influencer Chiara Ferragni, with whom helium has 2 children, and the 2 of them were 1 of Italy's astir celebrated couples for years, with astir 30 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

The nationalist is already speculating however specified attacks tin impact Sinner's image, but the young tennis subordinate seems unperturbed and focuses connected his performances. His sports vocation is connected an upward trajectory, portion the rapper, connected the different hand, continues to usage contention to support media attention.

Different reactions

Some fans and the media condemned Fedez's words, portion others judge that it is simply a classical provocation and that specified comments bash not impact the tennis player's results. However, the South Tyrolean enactment has made it wide that specified comparisons are not acceptable and that they offend galore communities.