Louisiana lawmaker says rapper's ode to Halle Berry embarrassing

A Shreveport rapper's performance on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives is being called an embarrassment by a New Orleans lawmaker.

Rep. Austin Badon said when Chris Dooley, Jr., known by the stage name "Hurricane Chris," performed his song "Halle Berry (She's Fine)" Wednesday, he really couldn't understand what he was singing. But when Badon came across the song while scanning the radio dial later that day, what he heard made him angry.

"The words they were using in the song were just extremely derogatory, they were foul," Badon told WWL First News. "They were curse words, using the 'N' word. It was just a derogatory song."

Austin Badon talks to WWL's Don Dubuc about Hurricane Chris' performance:

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According to Hurricane Chris, the version he performed for lawmakers was a sanitized version.

Hurricane Chris is the godson of Shreveport Rep. Barbara Norton. Badon said he hasn't spoken to Norton about it, and isn't sure if she knew the lyrics to Hurricane Chris' song.

"I have no idea. I have not spoken with her about it. I think that she probably knew what the content was," Badon said.

Badon said video clips of the House floor performance are already being spread across the Internet, and it's not good for Louisiana's image.

Video clip of Hurricane Chris on the Louisiana House floor: