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Dec 8, 2012 at 5:20 PM

He has the most-watched YouTube video of all-time, an international phenomenon of a mega-hit in Gangnam Style, has made appearances on nearly all American morning speak divulge below the sun from Today to Ellen, and is scheduled to appear at a D.C. mercy concert later this month with President Obama in attendance. Its safe to tell that Korean pop star PSY is now the most-liked entertainer on the planet.

It has recently been unearthed in the states, however, that eight years ago, patience before achieving this hefty stardom, the mega-star rapped about slowly and painfully killing American military members and their families.

Some context: since becoming a democracy in the late 80s, South Korea has developed a wealthy, sometimes over-the-top, tradition of disapproval. Swarms of Koreans hit the streets to disapproval all from free business agreements to North Korea to Muslim extremism to American troops stationed on their peninsula.

During a 2002 disapproval concert against the bearing of 37,000 American troops in Korea, PSY took the stage in gold face-paint and, with the crowd egging him on, lifted a miniature American tank and smashed it on the sordid to massive applause. UPDATE: The performance was inspired by the recent death of two Korean train girls who were run over by an American tank in South Korea. The soldiers driving the tank were acquitted by a US military court.

And then in 2004, a Korean missionary was captured in Iraq by Islamists who demanded that South Korea not send troops to aid America in the war in Iraq. Seoul refused to bargain and the missionary was beheaded. The effect: weighty protests throughout Korea against both Muslim extremism and the U.S. military for indirectly bringing this fate on a Korean missionary.

As dispense of the protests, PSY and several other popular Korean musicians put on a livelihood performance of a Korean stone alliances song Dear American. When PSYs spin came, he rapped:

Kill those fucking Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives
Kill those fucking Yankees who ordered them to torture
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers
Kill them all slowly and painfully

As this particularly incendiary verse made its method to American news outlets, the outrage has grown. Conservative Twitter aggregator Twitchy sums up some of the anti-PSY inflame, pondering why his anti-American military past was not discussed during his appearance upon Ellen.

Think of all the musicians whove said unseemly things in their art: Ice-T rapped the perspective of killing a police officer years ago in Cop Killer, but he is now a star actor who portrays a police officer upon NBCs Law and Order: SVU. At the time, Ice-T said he was simply rapping from the perspective of another man valid a story and not calling for the real murder of police officers.

On the other hand, Chris Brown and Eminem have rapped about violence against women and have followed through upon it in genuine life.

But as others have noted, PSYs handling of his newfound global fame has been remarkably gracious. He hasnt thrown up the center finger and rejected his American popularity because of the Iraq War he rightfully found so deplorable (albeit with highly vitriolic rhetoric).

The question becomes: Would he have said the same thing today now that he has precious international stardom to sustain?

UPDATE: PSYs publicist has sent an apology from the musician.

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