Archive for July 12th, 2006
LIFEbeat update
The partly homophobe reggae AIDS-awareness concert to be held in New York next week and blogged about here (below) and elsewhere has been canceled. LIFEbeat, the concert sponsor, has conceded to criticism that anti-gay Beenie Man and TOK were perhaps inappropriate messengers for the cause but does so in an embittered, accusatory statement, harshing the [...]
beenie boy!
This here Beenie Man reggae artist is part of the noble crowd of singers dedicating their time and talents to the LIFEbeat concert against AIDS in New York on July 18. Problem is he writes the occasional confusing lyric, like the one where he suggests lynching lesbians. In “Han Up Deh” he sings: “Hang chi [...]
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