«The mayor's motivations are truly indigestible : Geolier spreads values and culture. He should have also called Giovanbattista Cutolo's mother and given a plaque for Giogiò , who represented Naples on the Ariston stage with Geolier."
Thus Daniela Di Maggio, the mother of Giovanbattista Cutolo , the young musician killed in Piazza Municipio last 31 August following an argument for trivial reasons, criticizes in an interview given to Corriere del Mezzogiorno the choice of the Municipality of Naples to award a The city's honor goes to Geolier , the Neapolitan rapper who placed second at the Sanremo Festival .
Di Maggio says she is "outraged" by Mayor Manfredi's choice not to give equal treatment to his son Giogiò: «You can't do something like this - her outburst -. This sends the wrong message."
Yet in recent days, characterized by controversy against Geolier, the woman had defended the author from the outskirts of Secondigliano , who had taken part in the boy's funeral, paying homage to his memory with a wreath of flowers: «I certainly defended him and I will defend Geolier - Di Maggio reiterates today too - who is changing his way of writing and making music. Who also said that since Giogiò's death the kids have understood many things, that having a gun is not the solution, that the kids in the neighborhoods need to change. Well, that was the goal. But rewarding only those who in the past held the golden Kalashnikov, namely Geolier, excluding one victim, Giogiò, is inconsistent and wrong . I wonder: what message do you, mayor of Naples, want to give to the city? I'm outraged."
(Unioneonline/vl)
