The singer, who is of Malian descent, hit back, saying: ‘You can be racist but not deaf’
One of France’s biggest music stars, Aya Nakamura, has hit back at far-right groups who were angry at a suggestion she may sing an Édith Piaf song during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, telling them: “You can be racist but not deaf.”
According to reports in local media, the French-Malian singer had discussed the possibility of performing a song by 20th-century icon Piaf when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, last month.