Hommophobia inna dancehall style...

We should just send them both a link to this thread.

hugs not thugs

i ain't gonna play sun city

I don't think the primary concern is changing attitudes in Jamaica; I think the primary concern is the people operating a venue saying "we do not people to think we condone this attitude".

^^^ truthbomb

what happened to my "want"

oh well, the gist should be clear

what happened to my "want"

you never it

if buju banton would record a song abt macintosh computers and graduate degrees it would mollify me somewhat

Maybe the civil rights organization behind the planned boycotts of those venues could try to engage Mr. Banton a little more directly?

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, September 11, 2009 12:40 PM

not everything can be solved by having two monsters battle, kingkongvsgodzilla

I want hugs from thugs.

British diplomat found strangled in Jamaican home in suspected gay-hate murder (11/09/2009)

A note was left on his blood-soaked body branding him a "batty man" - local slang for homosexual. A cord and piece of clothing were still around his neck.

No word on Banton's alibi.

We know he wasn't at First Ave.

brooklyn seems to dig capleton's lyrical content and between-song banter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vylzh_-b1SU

wtf, it's machismo + monotheism, just like "white" homophobia. this idea that it's rooted in poverty is just fucked.

seriously wtf.

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/murder-music-singer-buju-banton-has-first-meeting-with-gay-advocates.html

real thoughtful comments on that article.

did he MURDER DEM?

It was before the dawn of time, but oO_Oo at stelfox and maybe more so at the space cleared for him. WTF, ol' ILX?

Okay, maybe I'm reading way too much into this, but...look at Buju Banton's hands in the photograph. He's making a sign over his crotch that some people use to indicate a vagina. And I invite you to try to sit that way yourself...it does not feel like a very natural position to me. I'm guessing Banton is making the sign to mock the folks in the photograph with him.

Posted by: peterparker | Oct 13, 2009 12:55:15 PM

http://api.ning.com/files/AlF29i7dC3Lhgz6dtRJOtF-zI6-gsTxWDb550OQ2bq*G5yWUR*G9rj0LYG5BLdi5Zc8RA9mnIWVDDRHCbNYXsAf-Tz79y37h/Haile_Selassie_G_0485.jpg

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/buju-banton-there-is-no-end-to-the-war-between-me-and-faggot.html

I want to hear Buju Banton's considered take on the Jan Moir furore.

fuck this guy imo

yeah it's really pretty much impossible to defend the dude at this point

this thread is filled with some amazingly condescending excuses for homophobia imo

coming from folks who would probably RAGE at length against the amount of instruments arcade fire dares to use on a song, or some other similarly big important social issue

just a thought

Okay, maybe I'm reading way too much into this, but...look at Buju Banton's hands in the photograph. He's making a sign over his crotch that some people use to indicate a vagina. And I invite you to try to sit that way yourself...it does not feel like a very natural position to me. I'm guessing Banton is making the sign to mock the folks in the photograph with him.

^^^^ i almost posted the exact same thing, it seems really weird!

remember omar, homophobia or even being a white power creep like some of those norway black metal dudes is no sin compared to being an semi-popular indie rock band that uncool ppl like

^^^^ i almost posted the exact same thing, it seems really weird!

― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, October 17, 2009 5:06 PM

even after seeing the pic i posted?

incisive political cartoons inna dancehall style

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Entertainment/images/20091015T200000-0500_161898_OBS__NO_END_TO_THE_WAR_BETWEEN_ME_AND_THE_GAYS___BUJU_TELLS_MUTA_1.jpg

It's "Gary."

http://www.alfingers.com/news/busy-signal-gary/

so much evolving going right now

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/us-news-blog/2012/may/18/beenie-man-rap-gay-rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Moq_InEc

i don't even know what this is supposed to mean

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/assets/8071090/ed-cart-thursday-17-may.jpg

i'm not completely convinced. just a reminder that last time beenie "apologized" he came out with this right after:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5NDcksC0wQ

hell of a bellybutton on that gay community

why is beenie man wearing a stethoscope?

because he is The Doctor

Beenie looks away from the camera too much to make me think he feels it in his heart, but he feels it in his head.

The 100% cynical response of the people in the Observer video is probably otm, unfortunately.

The US recently cancelled the visas of a couple of dancehall acts and governments within the Caribbean, including Barbados and St Lucia, have started to refuse big-name stars work permits to play there.

Irrespective of whether it's heartfelt or not, it's still the right message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwS82qLToI

evolution is obfuscation, per crit darling (and upcoming no doubt collaborator - can't wait) busy

"link with the rainbow" seems pretty clear to me, but yeah most artists avoid directly targeting homosexuals these days because of all the visa issues

Buju Banton is undeniably gay

http://www.examiner.com/article/beenie-man-denies-apologizing-to-homosexuals-fellow-artistes-react-to-video

http://images.wikia.com/runescape/images/1/1f/Emoticon-Facepalm.gif back to the drawing board...

smgdh

it got kind of buried under the anderson cooper and frank ocean stories, but diana king ("shy guy") came out of the closet this week, too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/diana-king-comes-out-jama_n_1652189.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

cool.

I like her description of homophobia as a "heavy burden".