Buju Banton meets the gays

[chico enrico]

It's the sort of phrase this total dick I went to uni with would have used.

He used to call himself "DJ Stonerasta" or something, and had an indolent, posho face that peeked out from under his matted hair and stupid woollen bonnet like an anvil waiting to be struck with a hammer.

I later discovered he was the heir to the Robinson's Barley Waters fortunes

 

[ska invita]

It's the sort of phrase this total dick I went to uni with would have used.

I meant no offence by it - was being short hand - typing at work - of course i meant to say 'he discovered the Rastafarian faith'! But in a way, it is possible that he was doing what your uni mate did, and in a way i was hinting at the possibility of its insincerity - hard to know if his 'conversion' was a publicity stunt - what do I know from my armchair here - but I can say the he then went on to do Til Shiloh which was probably the best reggae album of the 90's bar none - so something positive happened to his mindset for sure. I think he did grow up and got wiser.

 

[ringo]

He still performs the tune, or at least has done relatively recently.

No coincedence that he's lost a lot of revenue from cancelled shows lately because of the tune; it's all about the $.

 

[chico enrico]

I meant no offence by it - was being short hand - typing at work - of course i meant to say 'he discovered the Rastafarian faith'! But in a way, it is possible that he was doing what your uni mate did, and in a way i was hinting at the possibility of its insincerity - hard to know if his 'conversion' was a publicity stunt - what do I know from my armchair here - but I can say the he then went on to do Til Shiloh which was probably the best reggae album of the 90's bar none - so something positive happened to his mindset for sure. I think he did grow up and got wiser.

ahhhhhhh...right, my apologies. to be honest i didn't pick up on the wry, ironic use of the term and thought you may be one of those types who uses such terms regularly. good point, well made that unfortunately went a bit over my head.

also, may i suggest that there may not necessarily be any incompatibility between having converted to rastafarianism and singing about shooting batty boys in the head as rastafarianism is about one step short of islamic fundamentalism when it comes to gay rights and momophobia is, i understand, endemically entrenched within jamaican culture.

 

[hipipol]

Also as far as i can tell Buju was 18? 19? when he did that tune - it wasnt long after that he apologised, said he was young and naive, went dread, and has sung some of the best, most conscious, non-homophobic music out of JA since. He's become a anti-gay pin-up, when in fact there are others out there far more guilty of the crime.

Buju Commercial Locks, whos got the keys to my safe??????



Respect to all beamer owners like........

 

[Skin]

On this web site

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Buju Banton (born Mark Anthony Myrie 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer. In 1988, at age 15, he recorded, “Boom Bye Bye” [re-released in 1992] with anti-gay lyrics celebrating the brutal execution of faggots by shooting them in the head with an uzi, pouring acid on their skin and burning them like tires. Banton continues to profit from and perform this song in 2009.

On June 24, 2004, six men where driven from their home on Carlisle Avenue in Kingston and beaten by armed assailants calling the victims “battymen” (slang for gays). Buju Banton was one of the alleged attackers as documented by human rights groups and verified by Amnesty International. The case was dismissed in 2006, however, because homosexuality is a crime in Jamaica, the police fail to protect LGBT people from hate crimes and fully prosecute those who commit them.

In 2007, Buju Banton signed the Reggae Compassionate Act (RCA), to refrain from performing homophobic songs, but later denied doing so and continued to perform Boom Bye Bye.

 

[BlackArab]

One wonders why the homophobic lyrics of Guns N Roses never attracted the same attention....

 

[Mation]

One wonders why the homophobic lyrics of Guns N Roses never attracted the same attention....

That's not a helpful point.

 

[Orang Utan]

afaik, one g'n'r song briefly mentions 'faggots' whereas banton wrote a whole song calling for gays to be executed.

 

[BlackArab]

oh so it's the degree of homophobia thats the issue, ok I get it now

 

[Orang Utan]

it's the calling for gays to be put to death that gets people's attention.
anyway, g'n'r got quite a lot of attention in the press for one in a million. it's not as if axl rose's homophobia was overlooked

 

[embree]

I though GnR were quite well known for homophobic stuff. It was hardly swept under the carpet

 

[stethoscope]

One wonders why the homophobic lyrics of Guns N Roses never attracted the same attention....

 

[chazegee]

If one of the best song's in the world advocated raping children, would you still listen to it?

A few very good artist's have very odd taste...

 

[BlackArab]

it's the calling for gays to be put to death that gets people's attention.
anyway, g'n'r got quite a lot of attention in the press for one in a million. it's not as if axl rose's homophobia was overlooked

I'd say it was the calling for boycotts that got peoples attention, he was hardly known outside of dancehall before it all blew up. The protests made him much more well known and we all know what controversy does for record sales.

G n R getting press attention at the time is one thing, jesus wept the press will report any old sleb story, organised boycotts and campaigns for the last 15 years is a tad different.

 

[BlackArab]

At work, so will have a look later.

 

[Yelkcub]

Banton nicked for trying to sell 5 keys of charlie. Fuck him, I say.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

so what is this thread about then?!

 

[RaverDrew]

Banton nicked for trying to sell 5 keys of charlie. Fuck him, I say.

oh dear

Boom bye bye Buju...