School’s ‘Birthday Sex’ Role Model Draws Protests
School’s ‘Birthday Sex’ role model draws protests
August 6, 2009
BY KARA SPAK Staff Reporter/kspak@suntimes.com
“Birthday Sex” isn’t for everyone.
A handful of protesters gathered this morning outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters, angry that the district’s back-to-school push is being led by CPS graduate Jeremih Felton, singer of the popular song “Birthday Sex.”
Calling Jeremih Felton “a sultry song singer with sensual lyrics,” gubernatorial candidate William Dock Walls said CPS should have gone in a more wholesome direction when picking a celebrity to encourage students to get back to school.
“A six-year-old is encouraged to say to another six-year-old, ‘It’s my birthday — let’s have sex,’” Walls said of the song’s lyrics, in which the singer offers a special gift — himself — to his lady lover for her birthday…