Montenegro Petition Seeks to Ban Rapper Desingerica
After a scene at a Budva club, where he used clippers to shave teenagers in the front row, a petition to ban the rapper from performing has resurfaced in Montenegro. He calls it personal frustration.
- A petition to ban rapper Dragomir Despic, known as Desingerica, from performing has been launched in Montenegro.
- The trigger was a scene at a Budva club, where he used clippers to shave teenagers in the front row.
- This is not the first time such an initiative has been raised against the rapper in Montenegro.
- Desingerica responded, saying it is the personal frustration of his critics.
A petition to ban rapper Dragomir Despic, better known as Desingerica, from performing has resurfaced in Montenegro. The trigger was a scene from one of his summer shows in Budva, where he pulled out a set of hair clippers in front of the audience and, in the middle of the stage, shaved teenagers standing in the front row.
Videos of the scene quickly flooded social media and split the crowd. For some, it is his recognizable, provocative act, the very thing that made him popular. For others, it crossed a line, which is why Montenegro is once again hearing calls to bar him from entering and performing.
This time the petition appeared on a profile dedicated to promoting the beauty of Montenegro. The message is clear: part of the public feels that performances like this do not fit the image the country wants to build during the tourist season. The post soon drew a large number of comments, both from those backing the ban and those who see it as an overreaction.
Why does the petition return every summer?
This is not the first time Desingerica has drawn this kind of reaction in Montenegro. A similar initiative was launched in earlier summer seasons, following almost the same script. The rapper arrives on the coast, creates a scene that goes viral, and then a group of citizens demands that his shows be banned.
Part of the reason lies in the nature of his act itself. Desingerica built his name precisely on unusual stage moves, from handing out food with a ladle to shaving fans. What one part of the audience experiences as fun and part of the show, another sees as a provocation that has no place in public, especially when minors are in the front rows.
During the summer, Montenegro is full of young visitors from across the region, so every one of his coastal shows automatically draws heavy attention. That is why the reactions, both positive and negative, always play out in the spotlight.
How Desingerica answered the attacks
The rapper responded to the new petition and did not apologize. He said the demands are driven by the personal frustration of those attacking him, rather than by genuine concern for the audience or for his performances.
That answer fits the way Desingerica generally deals with criticism. Instead of backing down, he usually turns controversy to his advantage, further building the image of a performer who divides opinion. Paradoxically, every new petition and every new online debate brings him even greater visibility.
The question remains whether this petition will have any concrete effect or whether, like the previous ones, it will stay at the level of online debate and media headlines. For now there is no official decision from Montenegrin authorities on any kind of ban, so the announced part of his season remains open.
So what do you think, are performances like this a matter of an artist’s freedom and the audience’s taste, or do they simply not belong where teenagers are standing in the front rows?
