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Snoop Gets Visa Despite Petition
Snoop Dogg was allowed into Australia to play the Big Day Out festival despite a campaign to stop him.
Photo: Kane Hibberd via facebook.com/bigdayout
Jan. 19 at Gold Coast, Australia.
Grassroots movement Collective Shout wrote to Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, “Snoop Dogg’s lyrics glorify violence against women which puts all women in danger. His behaviour also contradicts our National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women.”
A petition on Change.org drew 2,500 signatures.
The campaign was led by activist Talitha Stone, who ran a similar campaign to deport Odd Future leader Tyler, The Creator last June.
Snoop’s entry was green-lighted three days before the festival’s first Australian dates, on the Gold Coast Jan. 19.
The rapper was banned from attending the MTV Australia Music Awards, with the Immigration Minister at the time, Kevin Andrews, saying, “He doesn’t seem the sort of bloke we want in this country.”