Comments on: Jamaica: Buju Meets With Gays http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/15/jamaica-buju-meets-with-gays/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SamK http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/15/jamaica-buju-meets-with-gays/comment-page-1/#comment-1586088 SamK Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:59:43 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=101352#comment-1586088 Because of LGBT pressure, over the years, Buju Banton rarely sings the hateful “Boom Bye Bye” song. He claims he has never sung it in the U.S. We must keep the pressure on Buju and other dancehall reggae artistes or they will start performing their anti LGBT material again in the U.S. We really need for Buju Banton to sign the Reggae Compassionate Act with press witnesses and video cameras running. Because of LGBT pressure, over the years, Buju Banton rarely sings the hateful “Boom Bye Bye” song. He claims he has never sung it in the U.S.

We must keep the pressure on Buju and other dancehall reggae artistes or they will start performing their anti LGBT material again in the U.S.

We really need for Buju Banton to sign the Reggae Compassionate Act with press witnesses and video cameras running.

]]> By: SamK http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/15/jamaica-buju-meets-with-gays/comment-page-1/#comment-1586080 SamK Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:58:32 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=101352#comment-1586080 Buju Banton's infamous song "Boom Bye Bye" says "gays must be killed' and it calls for gays to be shot in the head, shot with an Uzi, have acid thrown on them and be burned like an old tire. This song has been controversial since it was released in 1992. In all those years, Buju Banton has never distanced himself from this song. For videos that show Buju Banton reiterating the anti gay statements in "Boom Bye Bye," see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PASiOjdP4 "BUJU BANTON FIRE BURN BATTY" and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ8Z0biU_Zw "Elephant Man Buju Banton Shabba Ranks" In the latter video he refers to the churches and asks "What have I done wrong when I say that homosexuality is wrong?" With these words, Buju Banton is actually saying that he stands by the "kill gays" message of "Boom Bye Bye." In Jamaica, there is tremendous violence and hatred directed at LGBT people. Buju Banton and some of his dancehall artiste friends must bear some responsibility for this. There are online reports by groups like Amnesty International and many other reports of this extreme violence in Jamaica. One very good account is in this Time Magazine article: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1182991,00.html "The Most Homophobic Place on Earth?" Britain and Canada have given asylum to a number of Jamaican gay men because of the extreme homophobia and violence in Jamaica. The Time Magazine article also has an account on the alleged armed assault on six gay men in Kingston, Jamaica, in 2004. Buju Banton was later arrested for this assault. Buju claims that he was "cleared" of the assault charges. http://www.gargamelmusic.com/artists_buju_time4.html In actuallity the case never came to trial. No evidence was ever presented to a jury. Buju was neither "cleared" nor "acquitted" of the charges. For more information see http://cancelbujubanton.wetpaint.com/ and http://www.petertatchell.net/popmusic/buju-bantons-violations-of-the-reggae-compassionate-act.html Buju Banton’s infamous song “Boom Bye Bye” says “gays must be killed’ and it calls for gays to be shot in the head, shot with an Uzi, have acid thrown on them and be burned like an old tire. This song has been controversial since it was released in 1992.

In all those years, Buju Banton has never distanced himself from this song.

For videos that show Buju Banton reiterating the anti gay statements in “Boom Bye Bye,” see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PASiOjdP4 “BUJU BANTON FIRE BURN BATTY” and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ8Z0biU_Zw “Elephant Man Buju Banton Shabba Ranks” In the latter video he refers to the churches and asks “What have I done wrong when I say that homosexuality is wrong?” With these words, Buju Banton is actually saying that he stands by the “kill gays” message of “Boom Bye Bye.”

In Jamaica, there is tremendous violence and hatred directed at LGBT people. Buju Banton and some of his dancehall artiste friends must bear some responsibility for this. There are online reports by groups like Amnesty International and many other reports of this extreme violence in Jamaica. One very good account is in this Time Magazine article: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1182991,00.html “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth?” Britain and Canada have given asylum to a number of Jamaican gay men because of the extreme homophobia and violence in Jamaica.

The Time Magazine article also has an account on the alleged armed assault on six gay men in Kingston, Jamaica, in 2004. Buju Banton was later arrested for this assault. Buju claims that he was “cleared” of the assault charges. http://www.gargamelmusic.com/artists_buju_time4.html In actuallity the case never came to trial. No evidence was ever presented to a jury. Buju was neither “cleared” nor “acquitted” of the charges.

For more information see http://cancelbujubanton.wetpaint.com/
and http://www.petertatchell.net/popmusic/buju-bantons-violations-of-the-reggae-compassionate-act.html

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