No gay reggae in the MIA
In 1988 as a 15-year-old up and coming reggae singer, Buju Banton wrote a song titled, “Boom Boom Bye,” in which his lyrics told gay men he would like to, “burn him up bad like an old tire wheel,” or shoot them with an Uzi or an automatic weapon.
Two decades later, the song continues to anger the GLBT community, leading to protests of Banton’s concerts all across the United States, including his scheduled October 31 Reggae Fest performance at the James L. Knight Center in Miami with other well-known Jamaican artists Beenie Man, Wayne Wonder and Red Rat.