Homophobic singer’s gigs cancelled
April 4th, 2008
Bounty Killer - the anti-gay reggae artist - has had two-thirds of his UK tour cancelled following pressure from human rights group Outrage!.
Gigs in Belgium and Germany have also been cancelled, potentially costing the singer thousands of pounds in lost performance and merchandise fees.
Bounty Killer is notorious for his anti-gay lyrics, which include such classics as: “Bun a fire pon a puff and mister fagoty” (Burn a fire on poofs and faggots) and “Poop man fi drown an dat a yawd man philosophy” (Shit men [queer men] must be drowned and that’s a yardy man [Jamaican] philosophy)
“Bounty Killer has performed murder music songs and has ridiculed other singers who have agreed to halt their encouragement of queer-bashing attacks,” said Peter Tatchell of OutRage! who coordinated the British concert cancellation campaign with his colleague David Allison.
“There must be zero tolerance of singers like Bounty Killer who advocate the murder of other human beings,” urged Mr Tatchell. “A white singer who called for the killing of black people would be banned from performing.”
Bounty Killer has refused to sign the Reggae Compassionate Act in which artists agree to not perform songs that encourage or glorify violence, including homophobic violence.
Only two thirds of his tour cancelled??????????????!!!!!!!….
Con ∼ April 6th, 2008 1:19 pm