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Christian rapper nobigdyl is accusing Instagram of restricting his song \u201cGot a Reason.\u201d The song is a collaboration with fellow Christian rapper KB. Nobigyl, whose real name is Dylan Phillips, shared a screenshot from Instagram, stating it had restricted the song where it violated local law. \u201cInstagram just restricted my content from the US because according to them it violated \u2018local law\u2019 not their policies, the law,\u201d wrote Phillips<\/a> along with the screenshot. According to Instagram, it had received a legal request to restrict the content.<\/p>\n

In separate post, Phillips shared lyrics to the song, which state, \u201cif He got up \u2014 it\u2019s up \/ He got up \u2014 it\u2019s up \/ this is not Buddha, Allah, Krishna, Joseph such and such \/ if He got up \u2014 its up \/ He got up \u2014 it\u2019s up.\u201d Phillips questioned why his material was removed while content from white nationalist Nick Fuentes, which contained him using the n-word several times and other slurs, was allowed to remain up. \u201cI wonder what \u2018law\u2019 I broke that Nick did not with his racist, xenophobic, hate-speech filled rant. I wonder what the real issue is with my content,\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n

In a post, he appeared to suggest that his Christian faith was the reason for the disparity. \u201cracists + politicians using text book hate speech on Instagram,\u201d he wrote. \u201crappers talking glorifying drugs + [death] on instagram. [p]orn stars doing thinly veiled innuendos and recruiting on instagram. but this christian rap is the issue.\u201d\u00a0 His followers, however, sought to encourage him. \u201cCount it joy! The world will hate you because you love Jesus!\u201d wrote one follower. \u201cYou are doing everything right! Hopefully this can be reversed!\u201d Another wrote, \u201cThat\u2019s how you know you\u2019re moving the generation toward Christ. What\u2019s happening to you is biblical. Keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instagram, which is owned by Meta, did not cite what specific law the song broke. It\u2019s reference to Buddha, Allah, Krishna, and Joseph (apparently Smith) appeared to be the most controversial line given it turns away from the pluralistic \u201call paths lead to God\u201d culture of the day. Phillips encouraged his followers to check out the song on other platforms, writing, \u201cAnyway, stream the law-breaking, Instagram-banned verse on \u2018Got a Reason.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christian rapper nobigdyl is accusing Instagram of restricting his song \u201cGot a Reason.\u201d The song is a collaboration with fellow Christian rapper KB. 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