On April 23, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports said that it had grasped feedback on the case related to rapper B Ray and was coordinating with relevant units to consider and handle it according to legal regulations and artistic standards.
Previously, rapper B Ray (full name Tran Thien Thanh Bao) was criticized across social media platforms for the rap part in the livestream with the sentence "... I want to sleep with all you beautiful girls".
B Ray has apologized, but this male rapper's apology does not have much value. In the past, B Ray has apologized many times, even once wrote, "bow down to apologize" and forever owed the audience an apology and thank you. However, the "wrong-mouthed" scene in livestream with 3 other rappers, Mason Nguyen, 24K. Right, Gill - shows that B Ray is not much different from before.
Before each project that needs to "make an image" such as participating in Rap Viet coach, participating in Anh trai say hi... B Ray will apologize, promise to change, as a way to rebuild his image.
Before season 4 of Rap Viet started, B Ray was once called upon by audiences to boycott widely due to slip-of-mouth statements. B Ray had to remove the rap song "To Who Needs" because the content of this rap song had many vulgar and offensive lyrics, with negative messages about women.
From the Underground (underworld) to the Mainstream (popular stage), B Ray admitted to having an extravagant and blasphemous youth, having rap-diss (attacked) from Son Tung M-TP to Rhymastic.
B Ray also made Kpop fans angry many times when publicly expressing unfavorable views about... BTS.
At the peak, the male rapper had to work with functional agencies because of his past statements and the offensive rap "To Who Needs".
In August 2024, B Ray apologized to the audience on his personal page. The male rapper said that he had proactively worked with the Ho Chi Minh City police for wrongdoings in the past.
At that time, B Ray hoped that the audience would give him more opportunities to participate in art activities and promised to change and become a better version.
Just like Trung Quan Idol recently, when "physical action" with the female doctor, this male singer texted to apologize to the victim's husband.
The apology was taken by the doctor's husband and shared in a post on social networks.
In which, the noteworthy sentence in the apology is, "I am about to compete in challenges". Although the producer of "Anh trai vượt ngàn chông gai" replied, "cannot share anything when the list of season 2 contestants has not been announced", many viewers still understand in the sense that Trung Quan Idol is trying to apologize, hoping to quickly close the crisis, because he is about to participate in "Anh trai vượt ngàn chông gai".
Participating in programs with spreading power such as Anh trai say hi, Anh trai vuot ngan chong gai, forcing the cast of artists to commit to maintaining their image.
Being involved in scandals and scandals not only causes artists to be boycotted, but also brings unpredictable consequences to producers and brands.
Therefore, the artist's apology partly stems from... pressure. They want to soothe public opinion, handle the crisis with the aim of participating in a program that needs a "clean" image.
Apologies will become devalued when artists perform them too many times.
B Ray's real name is Tran Thien Thanh Bao, born in 1993. The male rapper used to live in the US for a time. Since returning to Vietnam to operate, B Ray has shown a complex life, entangled in many noises and scandals.
Trung Quan Idol's real name is Bui Nguyen Trung Quan, born in 1989. He competed in Vietnam Idol 2008 and 2010 but was soon eliminated.
