Things are really, really heating up for Jamaican artists, and the country as a whole when it comes to homophobia. Gay rights activists are on the warpath and are taking no prisoners against reggae artists who have homophobic lyrics (past and present) and those who support them. Earlier this week, I reported that Red Stripe was pulling all sponsorship from music events (which some believed to be a move based on protests from gay rights activists), well the latest casualties in this all out war are Buju Banton, TOK and Elephant Man, their respective songs Boom Bye Bye, Chi Chi Man, and Log On have all been pulled from I-Tunes after Canadian gay rights groups SMM and Egale sent letters requesting that the music be removed. I-Tunes took the request a step further and removed ALL albums that the songs were featured on, including compilations.

In related news it’s been reported that Bounty Killer has had several European concerts canceled due to protests by gay rights group to the point of promoters seriously considering canceling all remaining shows. Other artists who have suffered from show cancellations due to these protests are Beenie Man, Baby Cham, and Capleton.

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