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Prosecutor criticizes P3 Gold nomination

Prosecutor Lisa dos Santos is strongly critical of the fact that Sveriges Radio has posthumously nominated rapper C Gambino for the award as Artist of the Year at the P3 Gold Gala. I don't think they know where the boundary goes.

» Published: January 22 2025

Prosecutor criticizes P3 Gold nomination
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C Gambino was murdered in Gothenburg in June. The rapper was never convicted of any crime, but according to reports, the shooting was linked to an ongoing gang conflict. C Gambino may now receive a posthumous award on Wednesday at the P3 Gold Gala, which Riksdag member Fredrik Kärrholm (M) has described as "disturbing".

Lisa dos Santos also thinks that P3 Gold should have refrained from nominating Gambino.

He may not have been part of any core group, I don't know, but he was murdered in a parking garage, he was shot in a way that is a given modus in the gang criminal environments, she says.

Jonas Westman, jury chairman for P3 Gold, emphasizes that C Gambino had moved away from "some kind of gangster rap". This reorientation was also decisive for the jury.

He has probably rapped about a gangster life before, but the explanation for the nomination is that both we and others saw how he moved towards something else, something more sensitive and softer. He developed, got good reviews and a Grammy, he says.

About the children

As a prosecutor, Lisa dos Santos has worked with gang criminality. Right now, she is on leave to finish her second book, "The Gang's House – my report from the wave of violence", which will be published in June. Since last autumn, she has also had a one-year scholarship from Fritt Näringsliv to be able to influence public opinion full-time.

The new book deals with, among other things, how children work for the criminal networks.

Children are the most vulnerable in a society. Of course, kids consume this music in other places, but it still means something about a forum like Sveriges Radio taking a stand, she reasons.

Just before Christmas, a rapper was murdered in Norrköping who had performed in the program "Din Gata" in P3 six months earlier, notes Lisa dos Santos. She does not think that any gangster rapper, regardless of whether the lyrics are about violence or not, should be played in public service. But can't the music itself have qualities?

I'm not saying it doesn't, but if it's hard with boundaries, why take the risk? There are so many children who imitate this. That's how it looks. This genre has 100 percent to do with reality.

"It's extremely difficult"

Who should then be defined as just "gangster rappers" wonders Jonas Westman?

Should one be burdened with prohibitions because of what one has rapped about earlier? I think it's extremely difficult, and it's clear it affects us. We talk a lot about it. But we can't stop an entire genre just to be on the safe side.

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