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Should rappers stop touring Sweden in protest against the apparent racism perpetrated against A$AP Rocky in his recent arrest in Sweden?

Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Should rappers stop touring Sweden in protest against the apparent racism perpetrated against A$AP Rocky in his recent arrest in Sweden? Aside from the ridiculous nature of his arrest, clearly a heavy-handed abuse of authority, many are pointing to how differently G Eazy was treated when he got arrested in the same country. According to TMZ, last year when G Eazy was in Stockholm and got arrested. G Eazy actually was arrest for the same crime (assault). In addition to the punching a Swedish citizen, he also was detained snorting coke using a $100 bill. Unlike the A$AP incident, not only is there no video (there are two videos of this incident clearly showing that Rocky was defending himself) to vindicate him he plead guilty to violent resistance, a crime of violence against an official and illegal drug possession. The white No Limit Rapper was allowed by the prosecutors to strike a deal in a sensible time (less than two days) and pay a $10K fine. He also had to pay the security guard $900 and is on probation in that country. And before you say that is just one incident TMZ Read more