FankaDeli – Rascist Hungarian rapper tours US

Ferenc Kőházy is a 32 year old Hungarian rapper, hip-hop artist and arranger. His fans call him FankaDeli. They like his strong opinions and he is the darling of the far-right, always ready to share his outrageous comments on his Facebook page, where he has close to 100 thousand followers.

When Apple Computer technology icon Steve Jobs died, he wrote that Mr. Jobs was an idiot who needlessly flooded mankind with gadgets. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are “Jews” whose goal is to poison mankind with technology. One of FankaDeli’s popular rap songs, “If I were a Gypsy…,” is a shocking rant about the Roma minority of Hungary.

FankaDeli supports Hungary’s über-nationalist neo-Nazi party, Jobbik, and he even appears at their party events. In 2012, he helped to inaugurate a statue of pro-Hitler dictator Miklós Horthy; FankaDeli is also a member of the Vitéz order, a right-wing organization.

FankaDeli at a Jobbik meeting.

FankaDeli at a Jobbik meeting.

Now FankaDeli is coming to the US.

His tour is sponsored by the Széchenyi Society, an organization located at the Hungarian House in New York City and run by Ákos Felsővályi. The Society is flirting with far-right ideology, they recently celebrated convicted war criminal and anti-Semitic writer Albert Wass despite the request of the Simon Wiesenthal Center to cancel their event. FrankaDeli’s tour is organized by Ákos Rózsa, a member of the Széchenyi Society who is affiliated with Hungary’s state owned Duna TV channel.

FankaDeli's tour is sponsored by the Széchenyi Society headed by Mr. Ákos Felsővályi who recently hosted Cardinal Erdő in New York.  (Mr. Felsővályi is between the Cardinal and Consul General Kumin on the photo).

FankaDeli’s tour is sponsored by the Széchenyi Society headed by Mr. Ákos Felsővályi who recently hosted Cardinal Erdő in New York. (Mr. Felsővályi is between the Cardinal and Consul General Kumin on the photo).

FankaDeli is also scheduled to appear at a downtown Los Angeles club run by the Hungarian Cultural Alliance. The Alliance is led by a Romanian-born lawyer, Maria Janossy, who also organized an event to celebrate Mr. Wass.

FankaDeli US tour poster.

FankaDeli US tour poster.

Needless to say that the racist rapper’s tour is appalling, although it is important to mention that his message is protected in the US by the First Amendment. If someone can prove that his shows satisfy the criteria of “hate crime,” his concerts could be banned and he may be prosecuted.

Also, Hungarian diplomats are quietly supporting FankaDeli’s mix of nationalism and racism since that is not far from the official line of the Orbán Government. Ferenc Kumin, Hungary’s Consul General in New York preaches “zero tolerance” against racism, yet maintains close relations with Mr. Felsővályi, whose organization is sponsoring FankaDeli in the US.

György Lázár

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