Editing Beenie Man (section)

==Controversy==
===Anti-gay lyrics===
The lyrics to some of his songs have been criticised for inciting the murder of homosexuals.<ref name=homophobia>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/Country_Information/Jamaica/page.do?id=1106567&n1=3&n2=36&n3=1040|title=Jamaica|publisher=Amnesty International USA|access-date=12 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220212604/http://www.amnestyusa.org/Country_Information/Jamaica/page.do?id=1106567&n1=3&n2=36&n3=1040|archive-date=20 February 2008}}</ref> He was removed from the 2004 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] after protests by gay-rights activists.<ref>(26 August 2004). [https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-08-26-beenie-barred_x.htm MTV bars Beenie Man as gays plan protest] ''USA Today''. Accessed 22 June 2008.</ref> That same year, Beenie Man was stopped by police at [[Heathrow Airport]] in London, after the cancellation of a concert in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Branigan">Branigan, Tania (2004) [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/25/gayrights.arts "Beenie Man concert axed over homophobia fears"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 25 June 2004</ref> He then issued an apology for the lyrics through his record company.<ref name="Clennell">Clennell, Andrew (2004) [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/beenie-man-offers-apology-for-his-homophobic-lyrics-555388.html "Beenie Man offers apology for his homophobic lyrics"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 4 August 2004</ref> In 2005, gay rights group [[OutRage!]] suspended their opposition to Beenie Man after he agreed not to play songs featuring homophobic lyrics, and he performed in London that year.<ref name="BBCL">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4363099.stm "Beenie Man gets London reprieve"], [[BBC]], 18 March 2005</ref> The following year, he claimed his lyrics were anti-[[paedophilia]], not against consensual homosexual relationships.<ref name="Egere-Cooper">Egere-Cooper (2006) [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/beenie-man-im-not-homophobic-411312.html "Beenie Man: 'I'm not homophobic' "], ''[[The Independent]]'', 11 August 2006</ref>

In 2007, it was reported that Beenie Man, along with several other artists, had signed the [[Stop Murder Music|Reggae Compassionate Act]], an agreement to cease performances of anti-gay material.<ref name="Swash">Swash, Rosie (2007) [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/14/news.rosieswash "Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton renounce homophobia"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 June 2007</ref> He later denied that he had signed the act.<ref name="Wright">Wright, Keril (2007) [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20070721t200000-0500_125498_obs_beenie_man_denies_signing_deal_with_gay_group_.asp "Beenie Man denies signing deal with gay group"], ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 22 July 2007  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121083059/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20070721t200000-0500_125498_obs_beenie_man_denies_signing_deal_with_gay_group_.asp |date=21 November 2009 }}</ref>
As of 2010, protests have continued to cause cancellations of his concerts in some countries, including New Zealand, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_8164.php Big Day Out cancels anti-gay Beenie Man] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122118/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_8164.php |date=25 February 2012 }}. GayNZ.com. 15 November 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/7008134/__Na_Snoop_ook_geen_Beenie_Man_op_Parkpop__.html Na Snoop ook geen Beenie Man op Parkpop]. ''De Telegraaf''. 21 June 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/7020614/__Beenie_Man_ook_geweerd_in_Brussel__.html Beenie Man ook geweerd van festival Brussel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626102651/http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/7020614/__Beenie_Man_ook_geweerd_in_Brussel__.html |date=26 June 2010 }}. ''De Telegraaf''. 23 June 2010.</ref>

In 2012, Beenie Man apologized to the gay community for his earlier homophobic lyrics: "Let me make this clear and straight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mydancehallmadness.com/2012/05/beenie-man-says-he-respects-homosexuals.html |title=Beenie Man Says He Respects Homosexuals ~ Dancehall Madness |publisher=Mydancehallmadness.com |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> I have nothing against no one. I respect each and every human being, regardless of which race or creed, regardless of which religious belief you believe in, and regardless of which sexual preference you are, including gays and lesbian people. I respect all human...Please I am begging you do not have me up for some songs I wrote a long time ago. I love each and every one and am just begging each and everyone to do the same."<ref name="Livi">Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Beenie-asks-gays-for-forgiveness_11488519 Beenie asks gays for forgiveness]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 17 May 2012, retrieved 1 June 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/beenie.html |title=Jamaican Reggae Star Beenie Man Begs for Forgiveness for Years of Singing Gays Should Be Killed: VIDEO&#124; News |publisher=Towleroad |date=18 May 2012 |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> In other interviews, however, he was quoted making statements such as "I never apologized" and "I told them to leave us alone, to try to understand where we are coming from."<ref>{{cite web|author=Webmin on |url=http://www.yardflex.com/archives/010483.html |title=Beenie Man says he never apologised to the gays |publisher=YardFlex.com |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCO-S7rUdJo |title=Beenie Man Speaks About Gay & Lesbian Comments He Made – Smile Jamaica |via=YouTube |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> In 2015 prior to coming to New Zealand for a concert, [[GayNZ.com]] news site asked Beenie Man about the homophobic lyrics in his earlier songs. He hung up the telephone without answering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_17562.php|title=Beenie Man denies homophobia, hangs up|date=18 November 2015|publisher=gaynz.com|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119190938/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_17562.php|archive-date=19 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Yellowman feud===
In 2006, veteran deejay [[Yellowman]] publicly chastised Beenie Man for his hit "[[King of the Dancehall (song)|King of the Dancehall]]". Known as "King Yellowman" since the 1980s, the deejay took exception to Beenie Man proclaiming himself "king", as well as comments Beenie made regarding his appearance. Regarding the title of "king", Yellowman stated: "Him trying to make people feel like him was here before me, but him never deh here before me, because dem planning to do dem official crowning them claim say is an official crowning but dem a use some a di media as some of them organisation ...".<ref>{{cite news|last=Anglin-Christie|first=Kavelle|title=Long live the 'King'.... But who is he?|url=http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20060322/ent/ent1.html|access-date=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Jamaica Star|date=22 March 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510070740/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20060322/ent/ent1.html|archive-date=10 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beenie Man made comments later that year in German-based Riddim Magazine, comparing Bounty Killer to Yellowman in appearance: "[[Bounty Killer]] is a great artiste and he's ugly, too. He's got a rough thing about him, Jamaicans like that from the [[Shabba Ranks|Shabba Rankin]]' days and the [[King Stitt]] days and the Yellowman days. They like ugly people."<ref name=Yardflex>{{cite web|last=Mattic|first=Jigga|title=Yellowman calls Beenie a hypocrite – "me wear pants, him wear skirt."|url=http://www.yardflex.com/archives/000800.html|publisher=Yardflex.com|access-date=10 May 2013|date=9 October 2006}}</ref> Yellowman responded, "Him can diss me all him like, but him caan diss the Jamaican public. What kinda ting that him say inna ''Riddim'' magazine? If me ugly, him pretty, me know say me wear shirt, him wear blouse, me wear pants, him wear skirt."<ref name=Yardflex />