Antigay Reggae Singer's Miami Concert Sparks Protests

[Louisiana1976]

Several gay-rights groups are protesting a Halloween-night concert at a city of Miami-owned hall by Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, whose hit song "Boom Bye Bye" advocates shooting gays in the head and setting them on fire.

"The message is that gay people's lives are cheap, and that harming gay people is OK," said Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, a statewide gay-rights group calling for the concert to be canceled. "Any time a message of violence and hatred against any group is put out there, it has to be challenged."

Banton, with homes in Tamarac and Jamaica, could not be reached for comment. His South Florida promoter, Andrew Minott of Global Vybz Entertainment, says Banton, 36, stopped singing "Boom Bye Bye" years ago.

"He did that song they're referring to when he was 15 years old," Minott said. "The song was forgotten about. Because they are making it a big issue, it's come to the forefront. Let sleeping dogs lie."

A YouTube video, however, shows Banton singing "Boom Bye Bye" during a May 2006 concert at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami.

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[orpupilofnature57]

1. Bob Marley would cringe.

http://web.bobmarley.com/index.jsp

[DeSwiss]

2. Buju Bonehead is pissed.....

...because he's already lost several dates in the US from complaints. IMHO, he shouldn't even be allowed into the country with his fucking hate. We don't need to import the shit, we've got enough of the home-grown kind already.


- KEEP BUJU THE FUCK OUT OF THE US!!!!!!!!!!!!!




K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

3. He's one of many Jamaican musicians who do hate songs

It is chilling to learn about. Horrible that this monster lives in the US now. He should be sent packing back to Kingston.

[Touchdown]

4. I've recently gotten into reggae, and amassed a few songs, but...

I'm happy to say of all these new to me artists on my iPod, that Bantu/Bojo/Bijou/whatever is not one of them.

[donco6]

5. So it's OK to let this a-hole into the country -

- and he's not a terrorist. Well, not to straight folk anyway.

[ki83760]

6. dumb bonehead

[sui generis]

7. In Miami of all places

Hmmm. Maybe his kind should be more nervous than our kind.