Australia is re-thinking a decision to give gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg a visa after public complaints that he should not tour in October in a double act with Ice Cube, an in-migration official said.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., was refused permission to even apply for a visa to enter Australia in 2007 because of his criminal record, sinking plans for him to co-host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
But immigration officials this calendar week cleared the way for an October tour travel to, until a spate of public complaints from Australian victims of crime groups on Tuesday.
"As a solution of world concern and interest, the department has decided that in fact we will be labor a more thorough assessment of Mr Broadus' lineament," a senior immigration official said.
The decision does not mean Snoop Dogg will again be barred from Australia, simply he could be counselled before arrival and given strict behaviour rules to abide by while in the country.
Snoop Dogg was first barred by Australia's former materialistic government, which lost exponent last year to the centre-left Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Labor has steadily muted tough immigration laws patch in power.
Critics say Snoop Dogg's lyrics are racist and male chauvinist. The rapper has sold over 17 million records.
His criminal record counts several drugs and firearms charges since 1990, including a 1993 acquittal for murder. He has also been denied entry to Britain. After learnedness of a change of heart by officials on barring the controversial doorknocker, Australian victims of criminal offense groups complained to the government to have the decision overturned.
"Snoop Dogg trades in toxic messages of menace, vehemence, misogyny and lawlessness," Angela Conway, of the Australian Family Association, told the Herald Sun newspaper.
The immigration official aforesaid a fresh assessment of an favourable reception for Snoop Dogg to apply for a visa � clearing the way for a 17-day inspect from October 21 � had already begun.
"We've advised his tour promoter and he and Mr Broadus will give birth an opportunity to respond. We clear will look at his criminal history," he aforesaid. �
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