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Prince Vid Of Suicide Bomb

Jehovah's Witness Prince has stunned the pop world by using a suicide bombing to end his new music video. Whale Rider star Keisha Castle-Hughes plays an Arab-American girl so tormented by her life that she blows up an airport.Famed for his sexually-explicit lyrics, Prince is now making a political statement.

Cinnamon Girl follows the life of Keisha's character in the aftermath of an aeroplane crash.

Schoolmates harass her because of her racial background while the Arabic community around her suffers a backlash following the crash.

In one verse, Prince sings: "Cinnamon girl mixed heritage. Never knew the meaning of colour lines. Nine-11 turned that all around. When she got accused of this crime."

The video was directed by Phil Harder, who insisted it is not purely intended to shock viewers.

He said: "I kind of think about it as how far can her imagination go when the world comes down on her pretty heavy.

"None of it's literal, but you get the picture."
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