Beenie Man Dropped From Big Day Out

Jamaican dancehall MC Beenie Man has been dropped from the line-up of the Big Day Out Festival, which is due to begin touring Australia and New Zealand in January, after protests about homophobic lyrics penned by the performer.

Beenie Man, as we have reported before, has struggled to perform live in many countries in recent years, due to protests over the lyrics of a number of his tracks. One such track ‘Bad Man Chi Chi Man’ (chi chi being Jamaican slang for homosexual) calls for murder of gay DJs, while in ‘Han Up Deh’ he suggests hanging lesbians. However, the rapper has always defended his lyrics saying that they have been misunderstood.

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