The long-standing battle between foreign gay rights activists and local reggae/dancehall artistes took an interesting turn. Theres a reported 'ceasefire' agreement brokered between the gay activists and major reggae record labels, along with overseas-based concert promoters.
Almost immediately, international print news corporations began running stories stating that under the agreement, 'The Reggae Industry' would not release any more records or stage any more shows which featured homophobic songs.
Dennis Carney, head of Black Gay Men's Advisory Group and spokesperson for the SMM coalition, was quoted as saying "this is the first step in an important process."
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
FUCK dem gays!!! FIRE BUN
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND Y A NEX MAN HAVE TO JUMP ON ANOTHER MAN BACK LIKE SPIDER MAN. ALL DEM TINGS IS WORKS OF THE DEVIL. WE NA SUPPORT DAT. NEVER. I MAN WILLIN TO START AN ORGANISATION TO FIGHT DEM BATTY BOYS AND DEM LESBIANS. COM ON. SO MUCH NICE SPOUSES OUT DERE FOR US. DAT NA RITE. JAH GO TURN HIS BACK ON DEM SUPPORTERS. FIRE BUN!!!!!!!!
By REBEL @ BAGHDAD,DA
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Friday, March 10, 2006
BATTY MAN
BATTY MAN A ANTI MAN BURN DAT LESBIAN A ANTI WOMAN BURN DAT
ALL DEM FI DEAD AND BY THE WAY FIYAH FOR ALL GAY "FRIENDLY"
By JOYYHN FIYAH @ PLANET BROOKLYN
YAHOO
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Fire burn the whole place
man who sleep with man and woman who sleep with woman shall not enter the gates of the Father s Kingdom.This one is 4 the one who speak about we should be looking to ourself instead to others.
I have the authority from Jah to speak this way, so keep the fire burnin.
bless
By Philmon @ Amsterdam
phillieblunt82@hotmail.com
Thursday, March 17, 2005
DIFFERENTLY
JAH SOON COME...SO EVERYBODY JUST SAVE YOUR SOUL AND KNOW YOUR ROLE
By JUDGEMENT @
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
(2) Think for yourselves, dont follow the crowd.
In the end they will be judged (BY GOD, not by you). This reminds me of how whites acted towards blacks in the civil rights era, we should be the last to spew hatred for people that did absolutely nothing to us. The F***ing hung us from trees man, killed us on sight, we used to pray and ask god why can people be so cruel.. they did this just because our skin color was different, and now WE once the victims are now victimizing others, dont forget where you came from. With that said, I do believe that artist have the right to freedom of speech, but we as a people really need to look at ourselves and think about whats moral. Thou should not kill, and only God can judge. Think for yourselves, dont follow the crowd.
By anon39500 @ NY
anon39500@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
(1) Think for yourselves, dont follow the crowd.
I with Natty, the manner in which we express our opinions are uncalled for. Do you read what you are saying? You want them to die to burn "kill them" what makes you better than any other human? I do not support homosexuals but they do have the freedom of choice, to choose how they want to live their lives.
By anon39500 @ NY
anon39500@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
battyman
batty man fi dead. this is not acceptable in God's sight nor in the sight of jamaica. and we will not tolerate it!!!!! bun out saddam and gommorah!!
By miss jamaica @ bpt,ct
miss@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
BATTY MON FI DEAD!
BLOODCLUT MON BATTY MON FI DEAD!
By MONIE @ JANE N FINCH,TORONTO
nba_honey@hotmail.com
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
this is a joke!!!
I really dont know what they think reggae is but deeply fermented in the musical tradition is a profinity toward homophobia so i cant understand why after all these years they are now tyring to stop reggae. its RIDICULOUS. I say Let Beenie or VyBz say whatever the "Truck" they want.
By DNASPER @ NY, USA
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
BUN A BATTY BOUY
mi nuh feel seh dem foreign bouy de fi get di previlidge fi tek weh lyric from wi star, a squiz dem a try squiz di faggot ting inna wi culture slowly, yu simi, fuz den ago tell wi fi stop bun di batty bouy dem den dem ago wah wi show den faggot show pan T.V. F**K dat. God mek man to woman fi a reason. him neva mek man fi F**k man, so mi feel wi fi BUN di batty bouy dem fi eva. MORE FIRE
By So mi seit "BUN A BATTY BOUY" @ Shotta inna di Bronx, N.Y
shootas4life@yahoo.com
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
gay vs dancehall cultural differences and political interests at stake!!
there is a big confusion surroundin this matter of so called gay bashing song. it is another attempt from the western culture to kind of denigrate our caribbean culture.
I live in the U.K and I see it clear, those people can t help thinking that they have "the Culture" the standard culture,and their view is the one to be followed, they do not really acknowledge other people's culture, they look down it at it.
so this war against jamaiccan artist is purely due ti cultural difference and misinterpretation, deliberate or not. why dont they attack the Pope john paul II who said recently in this biography recently said that homosexuality was a crime against mankind, president Bush himself was reelected partly thanks to his firm position against gay people.
But Sizzla buju, capleton, Ele and all those artists representing for jamaica and the caribbean are instigators of crime ?!! that s purely nonsense!!!
"get to the point" "Boom by by" " bun out a chichi", these are LYRICAL FIRE!!!!
big up muzik media
By CARIBBEAN INNA BABYLON @ UK
Friday, March 11, 2005
dem dam crosses
yo mi nuh care weh nuh man have fi seh man and man ting we nuh go fah and true a di next millinuem ppl want change ting deh fi go wey wid dat
By rude boy @ new york, brooklyn
Friday, March 11, 2005
Batty man macoum man fi get gun shot inna their face
I libve in martinique FWI and I cant accept batty man can make locked up singer .. it's a shame.. WE dont promote gay we dont supporte dem dem have to blaze.. gun shot dem fi getttt
By NoSssSs @ martinique FWI
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
BUNNA BATTY MAN!!!
batty man fi ded..SHOOT DEM INNA DEM HED! a joke mi a mek...but mi no know weh diss ya world a come to...man a fuck man...lawd..a wha dis?
By harm @ ct, usa
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
burn batty man
Nuff luv all rastaman.burn all the batty man.God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.Large respect President Mugabe for his stance on gays.
By Tineyi Chasi @ zimbabwe
tineyichasi@yahoo.ie
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Homosexually is immoral
I can not begin to comprehend the man-on-man relationship, it is just not right. Not even dogs have intercourse with the same sex, so why should human beings?
Don't tell me that it is the XY chromosome theory; which says that, some human beings are born that way, because that has not been proven. I believe that the gay society is just vulger and want the rest of society to bow down to their beliefs, but that's not gonna happen. The way I see it, if civilization continue in the same gay-direction, soon their won't be any natural reproduction; there will only be artificial insemination.
Every man must choose; it is either u are with the gays or u gainst them. Burn babylon and not your soul!
By drephilosopher @ usa, ct
englyysh@hotmail.com
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
gays and reggae atrists truce
in my opinion,no one would have a problem if men didn't go de other way.Wah killer did seh a couple of years ago has come to light fuh real"him cyaan believe how batty man get support."It is gotten so bad now that their support is so strong that promoters have to cancel shows because nuff people ah support the nastiness now.Beenie get pull from de VMA's,kartel show in london get cancel...ah wah dis yah father.I don't see anything with voicing your opinion on something you feel strongly about.For a moment i though this was a free world....well to a certain extent.
By kevie @ Virginia,USA
henryk@trenton.navy.mil
Monday, March 7, 2005
what a calamitty
batty man fi dead, and a dat we jamaicans a go sing bout. we step pan chi chi man.
By sean @ jamaica
shattayute20@aim.com
Monday, March 7, 2005
slew dem!!!!!
fya fi bun all batty man an lesbian, we jamaicans dnt like dem tings and dem fake world pussy ole leaders cant force us to do dat stick up fi yuh cuntry!! big up bbm n bdc
By limahl @ london, england se27
Monday, March 7, 2005
i agree
i agree with everything wanna sayin', but i have a question 4 wanna. do wanna believe that these gay ppl. go out of their way to be gay? do u believe that these ppl. r intentional gay knoing wut harm it could bring dem? being gay is wrong according to the lord cause he only made man and women to populate the earth and live happy. but we have no say in who we should kill b/c they are gay. if the lord didnt kill them yet, there must b a reason y they r still alive.
By alisha @ brooklyn,ny
Sunday, March 6, 2005
Fire Burn
Leviticus 20 v 13 show you if man lie with man kind like how he lay woman shall be put to death. InI ain't say that H.I.M say so. Fire Bon all who support them and there chichiolgy them things can't work in the Father eye's'. Blessed love for those defenders of the Faith Battyman & Soddomite fi Bon. Rastafari Lava
By JAH Flower @ Eindhoven Holland
soulja106@hotmail.com
Saturday, March 5, 2005
JAMACIANS LIFT UP YOUR NINE
THINGS LIKE THIS CAN'T GUAWN! Us as jamacians are very religious people believe it or not it is in our blood! We cannot agree with this! we are not brought up this way and we cannot accept this SINFUL, NASTY, DUTTY behaviour. I will say this from my heart LESBIAN and BATTY MON FI BUNN OUT AND DEAD! WE SHOULD AND WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS! I give every amna dn female respect for bunning dem out stick to your word and your belief IT CAN'T GUAWN!
By KEA @ Canada/ toronto
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Friday, March 4, 2005
kill all batty man
this is fuckery kill all blood clat bugga man young and old (reggea artist continue don't tek back yo chat)
By tweety @ pa
bigdj168@yahoo.com
Friday, March 4, 2005
Bun Batty BWOy FA LIFE
ah listen up peoples....all gay guy fi dead and if no one will kill dem..i will kill dem myself wid mi sword........burn dem burn dem
By Rude Bwoy @ CanadA
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Male and Female was made for a reason
to me the whole thing wid da gay ppl dem in the music shouldn't stop. The reason for that is cuz gay ppl dem know say that it is not right to be gay because if they did why were they hidin in the frist place and why are they now comin out of the closet. To me the music is no problem ppl should be aloud to say what they feel and express it in any way ppl do have rights do they not. Also i know say that god did not make adam and steve he made adam and eve there is a reason why there is male and female on this earth not male and male and female and female. All i am tryin to say is that gays know that it is not right to be gay because if they did why were they in the closet for so long and now wanna come out with it why hide something if u know say what u r doing is right ppl only hide things is when they know say that they are doing something wrong and they don't want ppl to find out.
By Black Dime @ Canada
fastycat@hotmail.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
what da fuckery
oooooppp.. how boring will the dancehall scene be now.. should the forign power ban the gun talk and da sexlyrics too and what about the ganja... fakk it.. dont listen to dem fools, and by the way i dont think any real badman would stop sing his heart.......
By defuckery @ Sweden
handsoff@myproperty.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
bat boy
sizzla bigup sizzla
By Damion Denniston @ rtr
RichardDenniston@Msn.com
Monday, February 28, 2005
dennis corney fi move wid him batti boy's them
this a sammy dawg the next reggae artist on the rise and this is how i feel about this, Batti man fi dead, make them suck them mother wid them record label, cause wi can do this by wi self.
By sammy dawg @ jamaica
Monday, February 28, 2005
lard a massy!!! pt2
mi tyard fi hear bout batty man so de artist unno tap sing bout it cauze afiwi culture nuh batty man P.J nuh inna dise cauze him a faggat 2. soo lita wi waan si some lita whooa lita, wi waan si some lita, memba dat disa song ya bad nuh fassy caawn whol it dun. batty man fi DEAD!!!
By brown gyal @ G.A
kiss mi ass who nu like it @hotmail.com
Thursday, February 24, 2005
lard a massy!!!
mi tyard fi hear bout batty man so de artist unno tap sing bout it cauze afiwi culture nuh batty man P.J nuh inna dise cauze him a faggat 2. soo lita wi waan si some lita whooa lita, wi waan si some lita, memba dat disa song a bad nuh fassy caawn whol i dun. batty man fi DEAD!!!
By brown gyal @ G.A
nu yuh bizniz@hotmail.com
Thursday, February 24, 2005
fuck dem
now tell mi how di fuck we wah mek something like dat fi fuckin happen, ' god realize that adam coun't not live by himself so he gave him eve (not steve), so how di fuck we wah mek thing like that fi happen. bun batty bwai, fuck dem faggat.
By vannyd @ belize city belize
Evandawson@msn.com
Thursday, February 24, 2005
more pum pum
yo dogs look how pussy nice fi fuck and a man is gonna fuck a next man how dat fi gwan come on . god say adam an eve not adam steve. wi bun dem out .
By crazylegs @
dslash23@yahoo.com
Thursday, February 24, 2005
battie bwoy fi dead
fuck dem an dem truce an any bwoy who sign dat ah battie bwoy too.
By jah son @ canada
shiloh21@hotmail.com
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
a wha dat??
listen..nobody naa tell di american bwoy dem fi stop kill off demself and talk bout drugs...why b/c is a culture ting..so how dem ago tell wi seh wi cyaa bun out a batti man...a fi wi culture dat...
A FOOLISHNESS!!
Vegas~
By VegasNYC @ USA, NY
vegasnyc@gmail.com
Sunday, February 20, 2005
go suck unno mumma
go suck unno mumma
By l @ ny
swizzbeats@ol.com
Friday, February 18, 2005
1 Ting Fi Sey
Why dem fi let some battymon dem deh pon record label? Mi only hab wan ting fi sey:
AIDS CURES FAGS
By Chip di Bad-Minded @ Detroit, Michigan USA
oooh563@msn.com
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
a tru dem a talk
every ting tymeless and yardie say ah tru
By junior @ jamaica
duttydread04@aol.com
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
WHE de rass dem a try fe sey
How de bumborassclaat dem fe call truce wid dem battyman dem.
By Yardie @ JA
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Gays, Record Labels call a Truce
LOL.....Everyone, whether they be gay or str8, should be treated with some form of respect.....I DON'T condone their behavior/lifestyle(GAYS, that is), but they make GREAT friends for us females....lol...
By nikeisha @ Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
mihasingah@yahoo.com
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
i tink dat is rell shitt
i am not into putting people down so we need to respect gay people (4 THEY ARE PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT) but we dont and i repeat WE DONT HAVE TO RESPECT THEIR WAY OF LIFE i personaly love reggae muzik whether dancehal or concious but the ting i respect the most is their ability to speak their mind now they take dat an all away from us we are all intittled 2 our own opinion so now the singers cant speak their min HEAR WHAT I THINK THAT IS RELLL SHITT
By mandy @
concioustriniii@aol.com
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
f*** label deal
one ting mi like bout dancehall and reggae artist, dem money nuh really come from them own cd but from stage show and dem ting deh. we nuh need nuh label deal!!!!! mek dem fassi corperate label man guh bout dem business, nuf a dem a live di freaky life.gwaan bun babylon and sadomite, STRAIGHT!!!!!!
By TYMELESS @
A SUH ME FEEL @ JAMAICA
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
MORE FIRE
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THIS I DONT CARE WHOEVA LIK GAY OR WAT THE FUCKERY THEY GOIN WITH BUT ITS RONG AND IF SIZZLA OR CAPLETON OR I-WAYNE DECIDE TO STOP MAKING PPL REALISE ITS WRONG THEN I WONT LISTEN TO THEM PLAIN AND FRIGGIN SIMPLE EVERY DAMN BODY ALL OF A SUDDEN GAY EH? PLZZZ N I DONT KNOW WHY WE GOT TO CHANGE CUZ THEY AINT LIK WAH WE SAYING SO WAT WE DONT THEM TO ACCEPT OR WAY OF LIFE WE AINT LIK IT AND WE AINT LIK IT WAH THEY GON DO EH? THEY CANT STOP US ITS WORD OF MOUTH. I DONT THINK ITS ANYTHING ABOUT CEASE FIRE WE JUS VOICING OUR OPINIONS AND U CANT CHANGE AND THEY NEED TO STOP COMPARING IT TO SLAVERY. I DONT LIKE GAYS N THATS ME I HAVE MY REASONS. I HOPE THE ARTISTS I LOVE DONT CHANGE BECUZ OF THIS N THAT THEY REMEMBER WAT THE SAY IN THEIR MUSIC.
By yanny @ ny
HOMOPHOBIC
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
part 4
Understand then Overstand that fire is the purification, because the fire is the light, the ligth is the synthesis in which all things be created from duality. Fire is light. A rasta or a dancehall artist speak unto dem to "see the light" in light of the word of the Christian Bible. Aside from Christianity, the expression is figurative and spiritual. "Bun out di evil spirit" means shed light unto him\her. So stop alli dis jumbled talk, its a waste of time. Laws are written in stone, the voices are written in air.
By elijah @ Newark, New Jersey
cculver@drew.edu
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
part 3
What the white mass of America and Europe must understand that homosexuality is outlawed in Jamaica, no different that King Henry outlaw non-procreative acts and sodomy in 16th century Eruope by way of the common law. Judge not the artist and musicians, if thou believist in free speech. And do not allow American or Western linear thought and language barrier to confuse your understanding of the Jamaican, Caribbean, and Rasta patios which makes reference to "bun dem out" or "dash a fire" to mean that you must "literary burn" the body of such idealized sin.
By ELIJAH @ Newark, New Jersey
cculver@drew.edu
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
part 2
The reason is that these activist desire to combat discrimination on a low level, and they cannot see their truw enemy. An musician speaks of the ills of society that are a direct influence of their government. Don't fight the artists, fight the government. Why aren't these same activist intelligent enough to take there cause to Congress in America if they value the freedom of their sexuality, or make noise loud enough that they have to be heard by Congress and the President for gay rights? Well they rally and march only to be advertised on television and be made fun of on the comedic channels.
By Elijah @ Newark, New Jersey
cculver@drew.edu
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
ALl a dis Gay talk
We haffi bring sense to all a dis fuking bomba talk of western interpretation of reggae music and jamaican govermental and Christian religious values that perpetuate the percieved bashing of homosexuality. First, black people and a white people live and speak only in reaction to whats going on in the aspect of discrimination and fight the artist who are more feasable and relative, rather than speaking against their government. Why Americans speaking out against it lyrics of artist that seem and\or are attacks against the homosexual community?
By ELIJAH @ Newark, New Jersey
cculver@drew.edu
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
OUTRAGEOUS
what happened to freedom of speech?the black gays, tatchell is making a mockery out of you.you think this is about gay rights, this is racism.no one's banning homophobic white artists.oh no they join forces and sing with them.
i've listened to dancehall all my life, and i have never yet felt incited to go out and harm any gay person.
you don't like the music, don't listen.i don't go to gay clubs and demonstrate.tatchell should go to the pope and protest the bible next, that is where homophibia really stems from isn't it.
gay rights, what about the rights of the artus and people that enjoy the music. GET OVER YOURSELVES.it's not the music that makes people anti-gay, it's your attitudes
By socababy @ UK
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
America and it's laws
Everyone should have the right to express their own feelings, if I remember correctly one of the rights of the constitution is the right to speech. So why should these movements be any different from the DJ's. Just like how they have the right to protest, others have the right to free speech that has no consequences. Now if there are folks that are acting on it, then the tables have turned and the law should deal with those individuals only. Big up to all massive seen. Keep up the good work muzikmedia. And big up to all caribbean massive, blessed.
By David @ USA, TX
escobito@yahoo.com
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
gays
we musn't burn dem who lye wit same kind, we mus burn da sin they have in dem who are we to put fire pon dem' only the high one can judge dem ,no sin is bigga so lets not only bun one sin but all sin, no one is perfect so lets just ask Jah to help us all try to be more like Him and show love toward one another
By empress k @ md
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
PLEASE STOP USING BAD WORDS ON THIS SITE
Why we caribbean people tan so?, everything good thing we mash up. Muzik media is a GREAT SITE but still some fools come and post some non sence, i agree we don't like gays, but we can pen our concerns in much better ways. Just like clubs all over the world, it run good till caribbean people start goin there, dem mash it up wid dem fool fool non-sence. STOP POSTING TREATS & BADS WORDS. show the rest of the world that some SMART PEOPLE come from the caribbean.
By Clean Heart @ Il, USA
Nattyt@optonline.net
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
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