Lil Wayne Steps on American Flag During 'God Bless Amerika' Video Shoot

Footage from the rapper's latest video shoot
where he walks on the American flag sparks
controversy.
Rap superstar Lil
Wayne seems to be a
controversy magnet.
After his public beef
with Miami pop
rapper Pitbull over
the Miami Heat issue
back in February and
the more recent
lyric controversy
involving slain civil
rights figure Emmett
Till which lost him
his PepsiCo
endorsement, he's
back again in the eye
of the storm, getting attention for a music
video that he hasn't even premiered yet.
A one-minute raw footage from his latest
music video shoot for his new single "God
Bless Amerika", as leaked by a bystander, is
the source of the New Orleans rapper's new
troubles. It shows the "Rich as F*ck" artist
rapping in front of a microphone stand with a
large American flag as his backdrop, but as it
fell to the ground to reveal the locals who
were standing behind it, Wayne stepped on it
and walked over it, with no one from the crew
who were standing nearby bothering to pull
the flag out from beneath him.
Criticism and even outrage over the act
immediately popped up after the clip hit the
internet over the weekend. Both his critics and
even his own fans found the casual trampling
disrespectful and unpatriotic. Some have even
extended their dismay from the flag-stomping
to the cut-off shirt he was wearing in the
footage, which read, "Jesus saves, I spend,"
branding it offensive.
Taking aside the raw footage or the final music
video that will come out from director Eif
Rivera, the lyrics of its track "God Bless
Amerika" are also getting its share of the
attention. "My country 'tis of thee / Sweet land
of kill 'em all and let 'em die / God bless
Amerika / This so godless Amerika," raps
Weezy.

Lil Wayne Tramples American Flag During Video
Shoot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mQ4tPgkoJg&feature=youtube_gdata_player