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Bad-boy rapper 50 Cent is not welcome in Canada, a Canadian lawmaker who represents the country's biggest city gripped by a recent wave of gun violence said.

MP Dan McTeague called on officials to prevent 50 Cent, who has a criminal record, from entering the country because he allegedly promotes gun violence.



"Toronto has witnessed unprecedented violence on its streets and deaths as a result of gang warfare, gang culture," McTeague told AFP.

"This is not a question of censorship," he said. "This is a question of trying to protect impressionable young men in our communities who are being destroyed in the prime of their lives."

Toronto residents are living in fear of gang violence that has claimed 49 lives this year, including the shooting death last week of a 17-year-old boy outside the funeral of his best friend, who had also been shot to death.

Most blame the United States for exporting their gun culture and weapons north, officials told AFP.

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, is scheduled to launch a Canadian tour December 3 in Vancouver, then make stops in Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and Ottawa.

Because of his criminal past, the rapper must obtain ministerial permission to enter Canada.

His last concert in Toronto in 2003 was marked by a fatal shooting outside the theatre, and more gun violence erupted after a concert in Montreal.



Aleast we try to keep out terrorists.

   

Fine with me... we don't need him here.




*hates rap

   

I was against it (though I'm no fan), until I read about the shootings that occured after his concert...

Any criminal that promotes violence shouldn't be invited to Canada, or anywhere.

   

This is a Liberal.
MP Dan McTeague is a Liberal MP.
I just want to make sure to everybody that this person is a Liberal MP.

They better ban him. Wasn't he the one who was planning to shoot the finance minister?
Maybe PMPM got teased too much by Bono and wants to cultivate a new "bad boy" image. There's a photoshop challenge for y'all.

This guy is a moron in the same proud tradition of all last weeks counter culture pop stars. Give him a week and he'll be replaced by some other POS. Banning him is not the act of an intelligent, free democracy.

   

What kind of MP is he again?

   

I'd agree if people weren't dead... are shootings a typical event in Toronto concerts?

   

Sorry, I only go to Vancouver hockey riots.
There is no better way to show ones appreciation for a good game, than by looting a TV.

   

What a stupid idea. As contemptible an artist as 50 cent is banning him won't make the problem go away.

First, it's not people haven't heard his brand of music before (CD's anyone)
Secondly, banning him only helps his notoriety.

   

I think it is pure liberal racism

   

Go right ahead and think that way. Even though your wrong.

   

Definately not enough Canadian Content here!
Cancel him & replace with Celine Dion, but don't tell any one.
That will make everybody happy.

   

I, for one, would rather go to a 50 cent concert than Celine Dion.

I would rather get shot than have to shoot myself.

   

Just not a do-it-yourself kinda guy eh?

   

From a certain point of view, we're all right.

   

What can I say? I'm lazy.

   

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