Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Deejays Bounty Killer and Mavado, has been banned from entering the Guyana, the country's Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, said yesterday. A report from the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), quoted Rohee...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Guyana banns Jamaican reggae singer 'Bounty Killer' over violence8 hours agoGEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyanese authorities have banned a Jamaican reggae artist known for anti-gay lyrics from performing in the South American country.Interior Minister Clement Rohee says Bounty Killer is no longer welcome because gunfire erupted at an April 19 concert.Rohee announced the ban Monday....
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Anti-gay Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer is learning it does not pay to sing so-called "murder music." Last week, several concerts were canceled in England. This week, the government of the South American nation of Guyana has issued a ban...
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Bounty Killer, the anti-gay Jamaican reggae singer, learns that it doesn't pay to sing so-called "murder music." European gay activists are campaigning to halt his "Deadly Alliance" tour of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. Two of...
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Manager of dancehall superstar Bounty Killer has vehemently denied claims the deejay was stoned during a performance in Guyana on Sunday. "That is total bull," Jones-Griffith told The STAR yesterday. Instead, he blamed the premature end...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
... battles human trafficking in Cambodia Human rights groups halt concerts by 'murder music' singer Bounty Killer : "In Germany, Bounty Killer's performance in Essen was cancelled and other German concert dates are now in doubt as gay human rights groups are coordinating a Europe-wide campaign to halt his 'Deadly Alliance' tour of the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
The Metropolitan police have responded to criticism that it let a homoophobic singer perform in London. In a statement to PinkNews.co.uk, a spokeswoman said that meetings have been held between police, the venue's management and lesbian and gay groups to discuss this issue. "It has been agreed that the artist would not perform songs that contain what could be considered to be homophobic lyrics," she...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
The Metropolitan Police have allowed a concert by artist Bounty Killer to go ahead, despite his lyrics inciting homophobic hatred and violence. The Jamaican reggae and dancehall DJ, born Rodney Basil Price, has already had two concerts cancelled in Bradford and Birmingham following protests by the gay human rights group Outrage! The Met have previously stated that artists would not be...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
Anti-gay singer Bounty Killer probably wants to kill some gays right about now. Like Beanie Man and Buju Banton before him, Killer’s concerts have been felled by the fagalas. From the ever-ready Peter Tatchell’s celebratory press release: Bounty Killer, has had two of his three UK concerts canceled in the last week, following a campaign by [...]
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
cotti - the search benga - crunked up benga - pleasure 12th Planet, Excision & Swytch - 15 12th planet - 28 hours later genetic.krew - wikkid skankout (dz remix) digital mystikz - shake up your demons templer feat. bounty killer - free up caspa - cockney violin noble society feat. 77klash - she...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
... attribute reggae with violence? Did the dancehall fraternity become so focused on the Beenie Man/ Bounty Killer/ D'Angel love triangle that they forgot to concentrate on the music? Are the labels to blame for not promoting reggae artists so they can enjoy success on the same level as R’n'B and hip-hop stars? Or do the artists need to think beyond Jamaica (where many of them are deemed...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
... than a dozen artistes whose songs speak to the moral conscience of the genre - artistes such as Bounty Killer, Cham, Baby Wayne, Busy Signal, Spragga Benz, Ninjaman and Buju Banton."Baby Wayne's Mama, set the stage early as a powerful anti-gay/prison narrative that is pointed directly at our young men. Baby Wayne takes you within the prison to witness the ignominious defeat of this...
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Police have decided not to grant any permits for two dances in Majesty 'Back To' Gardens, fearing that the sessions, named after feuding deejays Bounty Killer and Beenie Man, might divide the community and lead to war....
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
Purely and simply, a mix of the hottest and hypest bashment to come out of Jamaica in 2007 - over an hour of killer party-starters from the likes of Beenie Man, Ninjaman, Assassin, Sean Paul, Busy Signal, Elephant Man, Tony Matterhorn and loads more. Jamaican producers may be pressing less and less...
Poisonous Paragraphs (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
... Maxi Priest, Mad Cobra, Patra, Super Cat, Tiger, Ninjaman, Red Rat, Buju/Mega/Burro Banton, Bounty Killer, Terror Fabolous, Garnet Silk, Jamal Ski, Red Foxxx, Daddy Freddy and Shaggy songs infiltrate the walkmans of many Hip Hop heads that didn't originally check for Reggae before. This is further helped by a slew of Hip Hop Reggae tracks made by Kenny Dope and Funkmaster Flex. Before...
