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.
― hypermediocrity (Derelict), Monday, 14 September 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
No word on Banton's alibi.
― Giorgio Marauder (I eat cannibals), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
We know he wasn't at First Ave.
― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
brooklyn seems to dig capleton's lyrical content and between-song banter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vylzh_-b1SU
― am0n, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf, it's machismo + monotheism, just like "white" homophobia. this idea that it's rooted in poverty is just fucked.
seriously wtf.
― amateurist, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/murder-music-singer-buju-banton-has-first-meeting-with-gay-advocates.html
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
real thoughtful comments on that article.
― 2009 Nominee, Best African (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
did he MURDER DEM?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
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?
― a bleak, sometimes frightening portrait of ceiling cat (contenderizer), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― am0n, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/buju-banton-there-is-no-end-to-the-war-between-me-and-faggot.html
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to hear Buju Banton's considered take on the Jan Moir furore.
― Neil S, Saturday, 17 October 2009 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck this guy imo
― it's like a Shark-Cage but for "Your Junk" AKA Your Penis & Balls (stevie), Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's really pretty much impossible to defend the dude at this point
― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 17 October 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is filled with some amazingly condescending excuses for homophobia imo
― access flap (omar little), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― access flap (omar little), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
just a thought
^^^^ i almost posted the exact same thing, it seems really weird!
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― headroom (max) (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 17 October 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Saturday, October 17, 2009 5:06 PM
even after seeing the pic i posted?
― am0n, Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― am0n, Saturday, 17 October 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It's "Gary."
http://www.alfingers.com/news/busy-signal-gary/
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:20 (fourteen years ago) link
so much evolving going right now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/us-news-blog/2012/may/18/beenie-man-rap-gay-rights
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 18 May 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Moq_InEc
― am0n, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even know what this is supposed to mean
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/assets/8071090/ed-cart-thursday-17-may.jpg
― am0n, Friday, 18 May 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
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
― chilli, Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
hell of a bellybutton on that gay community
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
why is beenie man wearing a stethoscope?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
because he is The Doctor
― bentelec, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― bendy, Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwS82qLToI
evolution is obfuscation, per crit darling (and upcoming no doubt collaborator - can't wait) busy
― r|t|c, Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
"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
― chilli, Saturday, 19 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Buju Banton is undeniably gay
― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
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...
― shit_ebooks (am0n), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
smgdh
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
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
― radical ferry (donna rouge), Friday, 6 July 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
cool.
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Friday, 6 July 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
I like her description of homophobia as a "heavy burden".
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Friday, 6 July 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link