Most Louisiana legislators get a bad rap for pissing away taxpayers’ money by wasting time during legislative sessions. Well, one Shreveport state representative gave herself, and her colleagues, a good rap of sorts when she asked to suspend House rules so that her godson, rapper Hurricane Chris, could be honored with a proclamation. She also saw to it that the Shreveport native and Huntington High School graduate be allowed to perform his hit song, “Halle Berry (She’s Fine),” on the floor of the House of Representatives.

The day before the 2009 regular session ended, Democrat Barbara Norton introduced to the House both the resolution and her musically gifted, 20-year-old godson, whom she said “is doing great works throughout this country in the area of music.” She said she is “very proud of Hurricane Chris” and wanted to honor him, not just for his musical success, but also for being a role model to other young people in the state.

She introduced Hurricane Chris (whose real name is Chris Dooley Jr.) to her colleagues in a manner that was sure to open their minds to the wonderful world of positive hip-hop, no matter what generational, gender, racial, and/or socioeconomic barriers might have obstructed their listening pleasure. She said, “I know all you all out there mens know about fine ’cuz y’all do it all the time.”

The rapper then proceeded to perform his song, thus making a permanent video record for all posterity of this great state. In case you are unfamiliar with the song, here’s the refrain: “She fine den a bitch, ass and her tits. Thick in tha hips, every nig want her. Call her Halle Berry, Halle Berry. Halle Berry, Halle Berry.    She walkin’ like a model. Hands on your knees. Scrub the ground. She ain’t nothing but a tease. Halle Berry, Halle Berry. Halle Berry, Halle Berry.”

The song features other positive lyrics that were apparently written to empower women like Rep. Norton. These include the lines “Booty bigger than the pus” and “Beat it up so bad you be scared to walk past me.”

After the spectacular performance, Rep. Norton ensured that everyone knew about the cake that was available for the special occasion. She also said, regarding the overwhelming popularity of the song’s web video, “I’m excited to know that Louisiana is putting something on the internet that’s positive because there are so many things on the internet and we’re on the bottom.”

Well stated, Rep. Norton. We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.