Ludlam drops F-bomb in rap debut

Greens senator Scott Ludlam is attracting global attention after he dropped an F-bomb in his rap music video debut which attacks the Abbott government's proposal for mandatory data retention.

Senator Ludlam features in Melbourne duo Rap News' latest Youtube video.

Introduced by one of the rappers as a hippie and greenie that always tries to stop the fun, Senator Ludlam replies by using the reporter's fictitious name "Ken Oathcarn".

He then goes on to say the coalition government's bid to mandate telcos to keep metadata will make Australia "a fascist f***fest of Orwellian proportions".

"I'll go full Gandalf on this government's arse. Smack down their laws with a dose of: You shall not pass," he rhymes.

After several stanzas calling for Australia's internet users to unite, Senator Ludlam finishes his cameo dressed up as the Lord of the Rings wizard and blasts a rapper dressed up as Prime Minister Tony Abbott offscreen.

Senator Ludlam said the Rap News outfit, who have more than 91,000 Youtube subscribers, approached him for the video and he agreed due to the respect he had for their work.

He said he had received no blowback for the video, putting that down to its satirical context.

"We could be less than a week away from mandatory data retention laws. It's a tongue-in-cheek tactic, but it has a serious message behind it," he said.

Earlier this month Senator Ludlam called on internet users to protest against national security reforms through mass meme power.

The campaign comes after national security laws were passed in early October that criminalise reporting on intelligence operations and expand the powers of ASIO to monitor the internet.