Beenie Man News

The lengthening rap sheets of some Jamaican artistes may prevent them from touring countries including the United States and most of Europe.

Three years ago Time Magazine called the sun-splashed island nation of Jamaica the "most homophobic place on Earth." That is until this month, when Uganda's parliament tabled its new Anti-Homosexual Bill which, if passed, will authorize the execution of all gay people, and imprison for seven years all heterosexuals who don't report their homo ...

NO MATTER the official classifications, in reggae and dancehall music marijuana is not a drug, and there are oodles of songs about the joys of using and supposed benefits derived from the plant.

Caption: Reggae singers Buju Banton & Beenie Man backstage at Reggae Bash 2009 in the James L. Knight Center Miami, Florida .... BANTON TRANSFERRED TO TAMPA Reggae star BUJU BANTON will fight a drug charge in Tampa, Florida after waiving his bail hearing in a Miami federal court.

It's the time of year again when Christmas celebrants from across Jamaica journey to Constant Spring Road in St Andrew to scout for the perfect tree for the season.

Bosses at PepsiCo have blasted Beenie Man after he allegedly performed songs with anti-gay lyrics at a concert sponsored by the drinks giant.

Friday, 11 December 2009, 2:17 pm Press Release: Greenoxford.com PepsiCo regrets Beenie Man support Sponsoring Uganda concert was a mistake Protests win a u-turn and pledge of future vetting London - 9 December 2009 Protests by Change.org, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , OutRage! and others have persuaded PepsiCo to climb down and ...

Pepsi might have to choose its branding efforts a bit more wisely, as the soft drink giant recently sponsored a concert in Uganda featuring controversial dancehall artist Beenie Man .

Caption: Reggae singers Buju Banton & Beenie Man backstage at Reggae Bash 2009 in the James L. Knight Center Miami, Florida .... Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation leaders in America have urged musicians to sign a new petition protesting homophobic reggae star BUJU BANTON's Grammy Award nomination.

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.