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“In another blow to the controversial dancehall music industry, iTunes Canada has pulled several songs from major Jamaican dancehall singers…which contain lyrics glorifying violence against gays”: Caribbean Beat Blog says that the Jamaican government appears unfazed.
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why is there no itunes soore in trinidad and tobago .itunes alsi sells trinidad and jamacian music