Gangnam Style' Star Psy Apologizes for Anti-American Protests, White House Confirms Artist Will Perform for Obama

Singer Psy performs onstage during KIIS FM's 2012 Jingle Ball at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 3, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Getty Images for Clear Channel)

(TheBlaze/AP) PSY is apologizing to Americans for his participation in anti-US protests several years ago.

Park Jae-sang performs as PSY and issued a statement Friday after reports surfaced that he had participated in concerts protesting the U.S. military presence in South Korea during the early stages of the Iraq war. At a 2004 concert he raps about killing "Yankees" who have been torturing Iraqi captives and their families.

The 34-year-old "Gangnam Style" rapper says the protests were part of a "deeply emotional" reaction to the war and the killing of two Korean school girls. He says he "will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused by those words."

In 2004, Psy and various artists gave a live performance of a Korean rock band’s song, where Psy rapped:

Kill those f–king Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives

Kill those f–king Yankees who ordered them to torture

Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers

Kill them all slowly and painfully

Earlier Friday, the White House confirmed President Barack Obama and his family will attend a Dec. 21 charity concert where PSY is scheduled to perform.

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