'These men are just insecure': rapper targets domestic violence

The frontman of Maltese rap group Il-Lapes has turned shocking stories ex-girlfriends told him about abusive relationships into a song about domestic violence.

“Riflessjoni [Reflection]” from rapper Claude Agius and featuring the voice of X-Factor finalist Petra, tells the story of an abusive relationship in which a woman is mentally and physically abused by her boyfriend.

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“He’s telling her do her makeup, he’s telling her she’s ugly and she needs to fit in with all the other girls,” he says.

Agius portrays the person in the mirror reminding the woman that she is beautiful and does not need to hide herself behind a mask of make-up.

“You don't need all that make up on/your character alone shows you're beautiful/you don't need to wear a mask [m' hemmx bżonn dik il-pasta kollha/xorta ssaħħar lil-kulħadd/ b' dak il-karattru m' hemmx bżonn tilbes maskra],” he sings.

Agius said that he started producing the song in January last year, based on the stories of abusive relationships that he was told by girls that he had been in relationships...