President of Uganda Hip-Hop Plans Backfires, Lawsuits Planned

A promotion aimed at increasing the popularity of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has backfired and now the leader country believes doctored photographs of him as a rapper circulating, are damaging to his image.

The images have been circulating around newspapers in Uganda, after a remix to one of Museveni's speeches titled "You Want Another Rap" - set to a Hip-Hop beat - began to gain popularity.

Some of the pictures feature Museveni wearing gold chains, half naked, with tattoos.

"When you see a president with tattoos, a president with necklaces, a president half naked - no, no, no," Museveni's press secretary Tamale Mirundi told the BBC.

Museveni is also taking it one step further, with plans to sue the producers/rappers who mixed his rendition of a traditional Ugandan poem with Hip-Hop music.

According to reports, Museveni is preparing a lawsuit, seeking profits from the sales of digital downloads and ringtones of the hit single.