As much as Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Vol 2 won many hearts with its bang-on inclusivity, ground-breaking fashion, and EPIC performances. However, it did upset the Muslim community and her fans for using a music piece that was sampled from an Islamic hadith.
Titled Doom, this London-based Coucou Chloe’s song in the question featured a revamped extract of Kuwaiti preacher Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy reciting a hadith, as reported by the sources. The hadith that has been used is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad that deals with judgment day. The use of his sayings in a sensuous lingerie show was deemed totally inappropriate and ticked off some of her Islamic fans.
Many fans expressed their disappointment on social media and called out the singer and her show for cultural appropriation. Post 24 hours of receiving the backlash, Riri, singer Coucou and the official account of Savage X Fenty issued an apology to the Muslim community and their fans for hurting their sentiments. Check out their statements here:
This isn’t the first time the music mogul was accused of cultural appropriation. According to the sources, Riri received a backlash during her SavageXFenty Vol 1 show for teaming up a hijab with lingerie and was asked to leave a mosque in Abu Dhabi for posing in such a way that did not go well with the place.
Cultural appropriation or an ‘honest yet careless mistake,’ what are your thoughts on this fiasco?
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