The seven-city U.S. tour of largely irrelevant Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton, aka Mark Anthony Myrie, has been canceled due to the lyrics in one of his decades-old songs that he no longer plays.
Recent events have led to conversations about hate speech over the past few weeks. Even after the Henfield and the f-word, we have not come very far in our understanding of what comprises hate speech ...
Alx Veliz is officially returning to the scene with "Boom Bye Bye," premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Aug. 15). By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin In 2015, Alx Veliz proved that he was ...
According to a story that came out in the Jamaica Star last week, Apple Inc has recently removed some songs deemed homophobic from their catalog. Buju Banton’s “Boom Bye Bye” was one of those songs ...
Buju Banton during Garance Reggae Festival 2003 – Paris at Bercy in Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage) *Reggae icon Buju Banton has decided to drop the 1992 dancehall hit“Boom ...
AS a local promotion company ramps up advertisements for a Buju Banton concert, one prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activist says as long as the Jamaican reggae star ignores his most ...
Diplo spent some time in the studio with rapper Niska, a Francophone hit-maker known as a leader of "Afro trap." The result? A French-language hip-hop tune titled "Boom Bye Bye" that sits squarely… By ...
Jamaican reggae and dancehall icon Buju Banton who is scheduled to thrill his fans in Kenya on February 8, 2020 in Nairobi will not perform one of his mega-hits Boom Bye Bye. The song, which was Buju ...
Not everybody hates Buju. According to a story that came out in the Jamaica Star last week, Apple Inc has recently removed some songs deemed homophobic from their catalog. Buju Banton's "Boom Bye Bye" ...