The Paris prosecutor's office on Thursday opened an investigation for "incitement to racial hatred" and "racist insult" targeting several clips and songs by rapper Freeze Corleone.

The government announced earlier in the day that it had taken legal action. 

The Paris prosecutor's office on Thursday opened an investigation for "provocation to racial hatred" and "racist insult" targeting several clips and songs by rapper Freeze Corleone, public prosecutor Rémy Heitz announced in a statement.

The government announced earlier in the day that it had taken legal action over several clips of this rapper deemed "anti-Semitic" and "denial", which provoked the outrage of the LREM majority.

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