A Spanish rapper whose jail sentence of three and a half years for “glorifying terrorism” and insulting the crown caused an outcry has said he will defy authorities, amid reports he may have fled the country. Jose Miguel Arenas Beltrán – better known as Valtònyc– was sentenced last year for lyrics that Spain’s national court ruled warranted a prison sentence. The supreme court upheld the ruling in February.

Valtònyc, 24, had been freed on bail until his prison entry deadline, which came on Thursday. But on Wednesday he wrote in a cryptic tweet: “Tomorrow they will knock down the door of my house to put me in jail. For some songs. Tomorrow Spain is going to make a fool of itself, once more. “I’m not going to make it easy for them, it’s legitimate and an obligation to disobey this fascist state. Here, no one surrenders.”(theguardian)…[+]