‘We thought this was a pretty positive story and I was willing to make the sacrifice.’
The News Lens
Date: 2016/08/30
By: Olivia Yang
Taiwanese band 911 (玖壹壹) on Aug. 26 posted a video on their Facebook page in response to the 
criticism it has been receiving for the controversial rap music video the band produced with Malaysian rapper Namewee (黃明志).
▶︎ See also “Taiwan-Malaysia Rap Video Depicting Prophet Muhammad Sparks Outrage”
▶︎ See also “Namewee: Don’t Go After Taiwanese Band”
All three members of the band appear in the near four-minute video. KEN-G (建志), the member who plays the Prophet Muhammad in the music video, says, “Our agency issued two statements for us earlier, but both were deleted because they were not what we wanted to state. What I’m about to say next is what all three of us wish to say.”
KEN-G specifically brings up the shot of him as the Prophet Muhammad holding a gun and says the reason he did so was because Namewee proposed the idea. [FULL STORY]
