Amarni: domestic assault court case features in Phases music video
Sydney rapper Amarni has opened up about a family feud which landed her in court in her latest track. And she has a clear message for her detractors.
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Sydney rap prodigy Amarni has referenced her highly publicised court case after she was charged with domestic assault in a new music video which sheds light on her family breakdown.
Amarni Skaf, 23, was set to face a Local Court hearing over an alleged attack on her sister Aisha in March 2020.
On March 29 this year police prosecutor Sergeant Peacock told Hornsby Local Court Amarni had allegedly pushed Aisha’s phone to her face as her sister filmed her during an argument.
However, Aisha did not attend court in defiance of a police subpoena requiring her to give evidence and police ultimately withdrew common assault charges relating to Aisha and an apprehended violence order relating to her friend Amanda Cook.
Magistrate Louise McManus gave Amarni a stern warning as she made a six-month apprehended violence order against her for Aisha’s protection.
“If there’s any breach the court will consider a jail sentence,” she said.
The sordid allegations which landed the feuding family in court have now been told from Amarni’s perspective in her latest single Phases.
The up-and-coming Sydney rapper name-checks her sister Aisha, Aisha’s friend Ms Cook and the Skaf sisters' mother Kylie in the track’s lyrics.
Aisha still tripping and Amanda still bitching
My mother turning on me like she tryna make commission
I keep my lips sealed ‘cause I cannot play the victim
Only God can judge me, f*** the jurisdiction
Media headlines about her initial appearance in court also feature in the clip, which also refers to unfaithfulness in intimate relationships.
The music video has now amassed more than 9000 views since it was uploaded to YouTube on May 16 and depicts Amarni leaving court with her father after police withdrew her charges and the court finalised her matter.
Phases is the third hit the Sydney rap star has released in the past six months, with Mashallah premiering last November followed by Beyonce in February.
Her single Mashallah in particular generated controversy over the use of a sacred Arabic term commonly associated with the Muslim faith in a contemporary track.
“In Arabic when you describe something beautiful or something in appreciation of God’s creation, we say ‘Mashallah’ which is a commonly used word particularly for my Lebanese community,” Amarni told the Parramatta Advertiser at the time.
“For anyone to hate on something so powerful and positive contradicts being godly regardless of your faith.”
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