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VP restrategising for 2010
Rome :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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But changing music-industry trends and artiste flight made 2009 a challenging year for the all-reggae powerhouse. VP's marketing manager, Randy Chin, blamed the decline in compact disc sales for sluggish figures. The growth of the digital market, he said,...
Tags: VP Records, Rome, Tarrus Riley, Garnett Silk, Sanchez, Tanya Stephens, Greensleeves Records, Beenie Man, Reggae, Entertainment Culture
We heard
Halle :: Germany | 13 days ago
Credibility Lewis insists that she was able to get over being punched in the face pretty quickly because her tough upbringing in Hackney made her as strong as nails. The Happy singer says that hailing from a rough part of east London has prepared her for anything....
Tags: domestic violence, Roger Robinson, Jennifer Lopez, lo angeles, London, Leona Lewis, book prize, Hackney, Germany, Halle, Ojani Noa, Flavor Flav, Omarion, Beenie Man, Flavor of Love, Wale, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest
Scott Kara: A big gay out for the Beenie Man
Auckland :: New Zealand | 14 days ago
Credibility He's the Jamaican musician who has been banned from next year's Big Day Out for having anti-gay slurs in his lyrics. And before you brand me a ranting and raving homophobe, just let me say I do not condone the idiotic and moronic messages he rapped about...
Tags: Scott Kara, Beenie Man, New Zealand, Auckland, Reggae, Stop Murder Music, Entertainment Culture
Beenie Man 'heartbroken' at axing
Sydney :: Australia | 15 days ago
Credibility Beenie Man is "heartbroken" at his axing from the Big Day Out after concerns were raised over homophobic lyrics in some of the Jamaican reggae artist's songs. The controversial artist was axed just a week after being named to play at the Big Day Out in...
Tags: Beenie Man, Australia, Sydney, Religion Belief, Reggae, Entertainment Culture
Voltaire vs. the Pink Swastika
Auckland :: New Zealand | 17 days ago
Credibility Gaynz.com content editor Jay Bennie had called on Beenie Man to be axed from the line-up to send a message that homophobia was not acceptable in New Zealand. "I'd never heard of Beenie Man till now," says Perigo, who himself is gay. "I know, quite apart...
Tags: Beenie Man, Perigo, New Zealand, Auckland, GayNZ.com, Passion
Mainstream helps expel controversial performer
Cape Town :: South Africa | 18 days ago
Credibility There was also vigorous comment on a number of Internet forums, including C4TV and Gay NZ. Big Day Out producers say the storm of protest meant Beenie Man's involvement would be too divisive. Express editor, Hannah Jennings-Voykovich says she cannot...
Tags: world cup, Beenie Man, NZ Football, ankle injury, Michael McGlinchey, Wellington, South Africa, Cape Town, Reggae, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues, Ryan Nelsen, Ricki Herbert, Nelsen, Surnames, New Zealand national football team, allnews, Leo Bertos, Sprained ankle, BBDO, Ben Sigmund, Music of Jamaica, Dancehall, Reggae genres, Year of birth missing, Stop Murder Music, Jamaican music, Homophobia, GayNZ.com
Gay backlash at BDO choice of anti-gay rapper (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 21 days ago
Credibility The announcement that a rapper known for his anti-gay lyrics will perform at next year's Big Day Out has sparked a backlash among gay rights groups. The Big Day Out organisers are now investigating whether Jamaican rapper Beenie Man, whose lyrics included...
Tags: Beenie Man, Jamaican Dancehall, BDO, Auckland
Veterans take Dancehall Night spotlight
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | 4 months ago
Credibility On a night when the stars sparkled, the indefatigable Beenie Man once again proved himself the ultimate crowd-pleaser on the Dancehall Night segment of Reggae Sumfest, lifting appreciative patrons into a state of musical ecstasy at the Catherine Hall...
Tags: Beenie Man, Reggae Sumfest, Michael Jackson
Dancehall turns a page
Portmore :: Jamaica | about 1 year ago
Credibility The experience is not only personal, but also totally cerebral, gasps and laughter at twist of the plot and glorious manipulation of language the sole evidence of the reader's delight. Of course there is, also, the rustle of a page turning, whether a...
Tags: beenie man
Beenie Man No-Show Causes Chaos
News that featured headliner - Beenie Man - would not be performing, brought the 2008 Portland Jerk Festival to a crashing halt at minutes to 11 last night. Bottles rained down as patrons fired a barrage of glass and plastic bottles at the stage, after...
Tags: portland jerk festival, jamaica, beenie man, beenieman
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