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Why was the Indian hip hop star Sidhu Moose Wala murdered?

2025/6/13
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Ishleen Kaur: 作为一名调查记者,我花了两年时间深入调查锡杜·穆塞瓦拉被谋杀的案件。锡杜·穆塞瓦拉是印度著名的说唱歌手,他的音乐融合了旁遮普民间音乐和美国嘻哈音乐,歌词大胆揭露了旁遮普邦的黑暗面,包括毒品、犯罪和腐败。他的成功和影响力使他成为黑帮的目标。我通过长期的努力,联系到了声称对此谋杀案负责的黑帮头目戈尔迪·布拉尔,并与他进行了深入的交流。布拉尔声称,锡杜·穆塞瓦拉的谋杀是出于复仇和制造恐惧的目的,以便他们更容易勒索钱财。我的调查还发现,旁遮普邦的音乐界充斥着敲诈勒索,歌手们经常被要求支付保护费。虽然锡杜·穆塞瓦拉的父亲对纪录片的播出表示反对,但我们相信BBC以公平、准确的方式讲述了这个故事,并以尊严和尊重对待锡杜·穆塞瓦拉。

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Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was at the peak of his fame when he was murdered in 2022. Goldy Brar, a gangster based in Canada, has said that he ordered the killing. But how did one of India’s most popular musical acts become the target of a feared gang?

Investigative journalist Ishleen Kaur has spoken to Brar about the murder and his motivations, which she explores in the BBC Eye documentary “The Killing Call.” Ishleen tells us about Moose Wala’s musical origins and his rise to fame. She also explains what his killers stood to gain by killing him.

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