PETALING JAYA: Controversial rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as  Namewee, has composed a new music video to parody the World Cup football  fever.
The clip was uploaded on both popular video sharing site  YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/namewee and his  personal blog several days ago.
Official Fifa World Cup 2010 SongIn the song, Wee narrated how the  country had never been shortlisted for the World Cup and how Malaysians  had to resort to merely betting on the games and watching football  matches in order to get a feel of participating in the tournament.
He  also rapped about illegal bookies and wives and girlfriends of football  fans complaining about being neglected due to the football matches.
The over four-minute long video also features a number of women clad  in attractive sport outfits playing football.
In his blog, Wee  said he had written the song to bring a different feel to Malaysia’s  participation in the World Cup and urged everyone to work harder for  sports.
In the video clip, he had also taken a dig at Malaysia’s  performance in the last Thomas Cup badminton tournament and on “Datuk  Lee’s” comments and reasoning behind it.
The Malaysian badminton  team had lost to both Japan and Indonesia during the Thomas Cup.
The  video, which recorded over 151,000 views so far, has attracted diverse  comments from viewers, including praises and criticisms.
The  27-year-old Muar-born artiste first made headlines with his infamous Negarakuku  YouTube music video in 2007, which he did while studying in a  university in Taiwan.
The song had used the national anthem as  the background to his rap.
He was subsequently questioned by the  Bukit Aman Commercial Crimes headquarters for his song and asked to  provide  a translation of it in Bahasa Malaysia.
Since then, the  rapper had also been criticised for hitting out at Tenaga Nasional Bhd  after his home in Muar was hit by a blackout and for his views and  sentiments on the Chinese independent school system.
He was  reported to be planning and seeking government funding for a film.
Source: The Star, Monday June 14, 2010
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