It seems that MTV has scrubbed the President of the United States’ name from the awning of the infamous Obama Fried Chicken spot in Brooklyn.
Some of you might remember the controversy surrounding Obama’s name on the awning after a city councilman accused the store owner of being racist and claimed the sign was offensive to black people. But 4 out of 5 black people standing in line for fried chicken liked the name and so the sign stayed up.
Well, old school rap duo Clipse decided to capitalize on the all the hype surrounding the restaurant’s name, hoping it would boost interest in their lame track. So they placed a wide shot of the yellow awning in the music video for their “Popular Demand” single.
But the powers that be at MTV didn’t think that was cute, so they edited the opening scene of the video and removed Obama’s name.
Brokelyn of the Brooklyn blog that first reported the editing, notes it could be one of three possible reasons: copyright law, MTV advertising policy, or a more political decision that keeps MTV from dealing with the repercussions “from blaring ‘Obama Fried Chicken” across American TV screens.”
Below is the altered video that’s in light rotation on mtvU music channel, and after the break is the original, unedited version of the video.
