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28 November 2016 1:52 PM

RuPaul’s songwriter and producer Lucian Piane sparks outrage with racist Twitter rant

By Will Stroude

Lucian Piane, the songwriter and producer best known for co-creating some of RuPaul’s greatest hits, has sparked fury and concern after a racist and anti-Semitic rant on Twitter.

In the early hours of Sunday (November 27) the composer tweeted: “If black people stopped being so ashamed of themselves we could call them n****rs and they would laugh. Backwards shit,” before calling RuPaul the “wisest n****r” he knows.

The 36-year-old also wrote: “If Jews stopped the Holocaust victim shit we would all get along #truth”.

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Piane was roundly condemned by followers, with one Twitter-user pointing out that the word was used by slave-owners, and another suggesting that he was making incorrect assumptions about black people, asking: “Who said we’re ashamed?”

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All Stars 2 contestant Tatianna responded to Piane’s bizarre tweets, asking “wtf is wrong with you?” to which Lucian responded, “who the fuck are you?”

“Someone who hasn’t ruined their career,” Tatianna replied.

The latest rant come a day after Piane posted an explicit picture of himself on Twitter, writing “Check out my AIDSY hobo dick, China!” with a photo of his penis.

The musician’s ongoing erratic behaviour has led to suggestions that he could be struggling with mental health issues.

While many have attacked Piane, RuPaul himself seems to have taken a more concerned approach to his long-term collaborator’s controversies, cryptically tweeting: “Show some compassion. Please.”

 

 

Piane caused controversy last month when he seemingly came out in support of then-US presidential candidate Donald Trump, writing: “I’d rather have a corrupt businessman over a corrupt public official any day of the week.”

While his recent behaviour may have left his career unsalvageable, it remains to be seen whether Twitter will take action over the latest stream of offensive messages.

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