Hundreds of fans greeted controversial rapper and film-maker Namewee at a smoky joint in Penang last night, where the latter promoted his latest album ‘ Ho Ho Yeh ’ (very, very good).

namewee interacting with guest on stage Namewee’s (real name Wee Meng Chee) 45-minute performance at the Screwball nightclub went on uninterrupted despite the crowd screaming obscenities on top of their voices over beers and cigarettes past 12 midnight.

Donning a black T-shirt with the logo ‘No to racism’, Namewee rapped over five songs in Cantonese, Mandarin and Malay, and invited guests onstage to exchange "vulgar words"; telling them they could call him " babi " (pig), if they liked.

The talented youth later shared with them his latest song ‘No More Vulgar’, that he had uploaded on Youtube yesterday.

At a 10-minute interview backstage, Namewee told journalists to listen to the lyrics of his latest song , that he said he had dedicated to the “moral protectors”.

dances @ screwball penang namewee concert In the song, he appealed to all and sundry to look beyond the swearing and focus instead on his personality and the deeper message of urging people to “just be themselves” and to speak the truth.

“I just want people to free their minds,” he said, when asked about the message behind what may appear to be yet another controversial song.

As for what he felt of his detractors calling him “ babi ”, Namewee shrugged it off saying, “I don’t feel anything; I think it is nothing for a Chinese”.

This is Namewee’s second visit to Penang; the first was to kick off his tour in a Penang college prior to an event he then held at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

His intended tour at the New Era College in Kajang in September was cancelled due to fears of disturbances.

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Malay rights group Perkasa had in the same month held a demonstration and burnt posters of Namewee, calling him a traitor and a pig.

namewee photo burnt by perkasa members 2 Perkasa had also then declared wa r on the rapper, with its youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah claiming its members were ready to act as panglima perang and hulubalang Melayu (Malay warriors), and said they are willing to tail the rapper throughout his upcoming promotional tour.

Although Namewee had announced earlier in his Facebook page that he had cancelled his promo tour, he seems to have resumed his crusade with another visit planned for Penang soon.    

Earlier, the controversial rapper had the authorities fuming with his video ‘ Nah! ’, where he used obscene language to bitterly criticise the highly publicised racist headmistress, who had allegedly made racial slurs against her ethnic Chinese and Indian students.

namewee pc 160310 01 He is currently being investigated under the Sedition Act, and Information Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim has announced that the investigation paper on the offensive video has been submitted to the attorney-general's chambers last month.

However, Namewee ( left ) appears unfazed by all the controversy as he tells reporters coolly that the police have not been in contact with him ever since he was first grilled over the video.

“I never write or sing about politics; only what I feel,” he said, when asked if he would write a song about the current political scene in the country.    

“It is not my job (to write about politics); I just want to open up my mind and express myself,”  he added.