French Star Aya Nakamura’s Rumoured Olympics Show Prompts Far-Right Outrage

File photo dated May 19, 2022 shows Aya Nakamura attending the premiere of the movie Armageddon Time the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. One of France’s biggest music stars, Aya Nakamura, has hit back at far-right groups angry at a suggestion she may sing in front of 300,000 people 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 Édith Piaf when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, last month. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESSS.COM

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