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" Seven French rap outfits could face legal action following a complaint lodged by some 200 lawmakers, accusing them of helping to provoke the country's recent riots through their song lyrics. 'Sexism, racism and anti-Semitism are no more acceptable in song lyrics than in written or spoken words,' the deputy behind the initiative, Francois Grosdidier of the ruling centre-right UMP, told AFP. 'This is one of the factors that led to the violence in the suburbs,' he said, arguing that rap music 'conditions' listeners into a violent frame of mind that can spur them on to action."
