Pablo Hasel: Spanish police arrest rapper
20 February 2021 |
2:21 pm
Pablo Hasel was meant to start jail time for a controversial conviction but the rapper and some supporters locked themselves in a university instead. Prosecutors took offense to the content of his tweets and song lyrics.
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