Rapper turned Saskatchewan NDP candidate says sorry for lyrics called misogynistic [Video]

A former Saskatchewan rapper turned political candidate apologized Tuesday for lyrics that the incumbent Saskatchewan Party has criticized as misogynistic.

Phil Smith, the NDP candidate for Estevan-Big Muddy, said in a statement that he takes full responsibility for the songs released about a decade ago.

He said he’s now “committed to social action to bring an end to gender-based discrimination.”

“I said things in my 20s that I don’t believe now whatsoever,” Smith said.

His apology comes after Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party put out a media release labelling some of Smith’s lyrics “misogynistic, pro-drugs and pro-crime.”

In Smith’s song “Candy Necklaces,” Smith rapped: “Just wish I could belly flop into your cleavage.”

On a track titled “Casino,” he said: “You have to be asinine to test me, I stomp squares all day like a chess piece. Down for jail, and bail and subsequent probation.”

The Saskatchewan Party said in the …