Earlier this week Snoop Lion was targeted by activist Talitha Stone from an organisation called Change.org, who was petitioning to have the rapper's artist visa to perform in Australia revoked for “promoting violence against women” and being a pimp, amongst other unsavoury thangs. Though Snoop fans can breathe easy, for his artist visa to perform on the national Big Day Out tour has been approved, which was revealed by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on triple j's Hack program yesterday.
So what exactly was Talitha Stone's beef with Uncle Snoop?
“He makes porn videos and brags that he has a bus behind him with 10 bitches on it and sells their bodies to athletes,” Stone told the Sydney Morning Herald. “He’s a popular artist and people look up to him as a role model but he’s promoting and encouraging these things… Look at his criminal record, he’s living this out… Why are we so lenient?”
This isn't the first time Stone has initiated a campaign to have an international artist's visa revoked, attempting the same in June of last year with Tyler, The Creator.
Author: Henry Johnstone