Beenie Man News

How do you manage to offend socially conscious gays twice over? By lending support to an anti-gay singer in a country that's trying to execute gays.

Following headlines over the weekend that gay lobby groups in New Zealand were presuring the promoters of music festival, Big Day Out, to pull Beenie Man from the line-up, and subsequent defence of their decision to use him as the only reggae act, the promoters have now backpedalled and have yanked the deejay from the concert.

Poor Beenie Man. He's the Jamaican musician who has been banned from next year's Big Day Out for having anti-gay slurs in his lyrics.

Beenie Man is "heartbroken" at his axing from the Big Day Out after concerns were raised over homophobic lyrics in some of the Jamaican reggae artist's songs.

JAMAICAN singer Beenie Man has been dumped from next year's Big Day Out line-up after gay activist groups said his lyrics were homophobic and incited violence.

Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:13 am Press Release: SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists November 16, 2009 Gay fascists have won a victory over homophobic fascists.

Have you been following this? Beenie Man sings songs with lyrics like " I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays" . He sings songs suggesting that lesbians are hung up with a long piece of rope; and imagines fantasy-killings, claiming that his lyrics are not about homosexuals in the consenting sense - but about rape and child ...

Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:17 am Press Release: OutRage Beenie Man concerts axed in Australia & NZ Big Day Out organisers faced storm of protest Tour cancellation sends warning to all murder music singers Beenie Man incited the murder of lesbians and gays All of Beenie Man's Australian and New Zealand concert dates have been cancelled.

Monday, 16 November 2009, 10:10 am Press Release: Big Day Out The Producers of Big Day Out have decided not to proceed with the proposed engagement of Jamaican Reggae performer Beenie Man for the Jan 2010 show.

Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man has been pulled from the Big Day Out line up. It follows outrage over his lyrics, which among other things, encourage the execution of gay people.

The outcry over the inclusion of anti-gay reggae artist Beenie Man in the Big Day Out line-up has been heard: The homophobic Jamaican musician has been pulled from the January music festival in Auckland and a number of cities in Australia.

The lyrics to one of his songs include: "I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays". In another, "Mi Nah Wallah", he says he would like to cut the throats of all gay men.

The organisers of Auckland's Big Day Out are refusing to say whether a homophobic reggae singer could be pulled from next year's lineup.

WILL HE PLAY? Beenie Man's appearance at next year's Big Day Out has sparked an investigation.

Beenie Man, a 33-year-old Kingston native, is the dancehall movement personified.

Outrage over lyrics by reggae performer Buju Banton and a concentrated campaign by Equality Florida have cost the promoter of a Miami concert featuring Banton and Beenie Man $100,000, according to Equality Florida.

American civil liberties group slams gays for trying to prevent shows featuring Jamaican DJ THE FLORIDA chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has come out in defence of Jamaican artiste Buju Banton who is facing growing opposition from the gay community in Europe and the United States.

A Reggae legend comes out for Howard University's Homecoming weekend and he's bringing "rockin selectas" with him.

Roxroy McLean, Gleaner Intern 'The Doctor' is at his best at Port Royal Seafood Festival on Monday.

Audio Company Celebrates "Old School" Street Dance With "New School" Mix Boombox and More Than $6,000 in Cash and Prize Awards Plus a Music Video Appearance MILFORD, PA-- - Altec Lansing today announced the "Mix It Up" dance contest, an online video dance battle for all dancers, especially for b-boys and b-girls. The top 100 videos, as voted by the ...