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* [[Soulja Boy]]'s "Crank Dat" may have been regarded by most as a pathetic, forgettable example of the so-called "ringtone rap" fad of the late 2000s, but he is now better remembered as that washed-up rapper who tried to make it big into the video game industry by re-selling bargain-bin gadgets such as [[Shoddy Knockoff Product|Chinese video game consoles]] bundled with [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|pirated ROMs]] at grossly inflated prices. Not helping matters was when he responded to criticism in the least civilised way possible typical of rappers "from the hood", and when he contended that he was criticised [[Playing the Victim Card|for being black]] even though most of the complaints were focused on the dubious legality of the gadgets he was selling and had nothing to do with his ethnicity ''at all'' (unless you count those far-right trolls who [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement|take the mick out of him for all the wrong reasons]]). The SouljaGame website now redirects to [[Nintendo]]'s website, likely done by Nintendo as an extralegal action.
* [[Richard Wagner]] was a influential and innovative composer of the Romantic era, but he was also a virulent anti-Semite which led to [[Adolf Hitler]] and his [[Sarcasm Mode|merry band]] of [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] adoring his compositions and promoting it over what they perceive as degenerate ''"Negermusik"''. To this day, performing his music in Israel would land you in hot water.
* [[Scorpions]]' "Virgin Killer" gained notoriety as that one album which put [[Wikipedia]] on hot water due to the album cover containing an image of a naked prepubescent girl (the genitals were censored though, [[Squick|but still]]...). The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation blacklisted the image as child pornography, but said ban only served to pique the curiosity of those who risked their reputation [[Streisand Effect|just to know what all the fuss was about]]. The IWF lifted the ban three days later, likely as the image was used for ''scholarly purposes'' to comment on the controversy rather than to attract paedophiles or condone the practice of erotica involving minors (In a similar manner to this wiki, Wikipedia has a no-censorship policy citing [[wikipedia:Academic freedom|academic freedom]] among other things. Of course, they would not in any way encourage people to engage in or acquire illegal pornography
** Similar controversy arose with [[Nirvana]]'s "Nevermind", when record stores refused to carry it due to its portrayal of a naked baby. Nirvana compromised and put a sticker that read "If you're offended by this, you must be a [[Paedo Hunt|closet pedophile]]" over the genitals.
* "You're Pitiful" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] got embroiled in a somewhat minor controversy when Atlantic Records persistently refused to grant permission for Yankovic to parody James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", believing that the parody might create the impression of Blunt as a "[[One-Hit Wonder|one-hit wonder]]". Yankovic isn't actually legally obliged to seek permission as per ''Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.'', instead doing so out of principle to avoid any feuds with record labels or the original artist. The ensuing controversy led Yankovic to release "You're Pitiful" as a free MP3 download on his MySpace page, which fan sites mirrored and made a semi-official cover art of, based directly on the artwork for the original song. Still needing a lead parody for ''Straight Outta' Lynwood'', Weird Al recorded [[Chamillionaire]] parody "White & Nerdy", which went on to be Yankovic's most popular song, and his first top 10 Billboard hit.
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