Reebok drops Rick Ross after controversy over rape lyrics

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NEW YORK (Reuters) Athletic goods retailer Reebok on Thursday terminated its relationship with rapper Rick Ross, whose song featuring lyrics that seem to boast about drugging and raping a woman has caused an uproar.



"While we do not believe that Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse," Reebok, a subsidiary of Germany company Adidas, said in a statement.



Some radio stations dropped the record from their playlists, a parents' watchdog protested where to find cheap north face jackets and women's rights advocates have posted video on YouTube objecting to the song.



The song contains the lines: "Put molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it, I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it." Molly is slang for the drug MDMA.