6 Responses to Who is Capleton and What Is He Doing Now?

1. MauraHennessey June 7th, 2011 at 9:24 am 1

   In Brooklyn, will it be a NOM and Diaz fundraiser?

   If not, someone should at least get a photo of Ruben and Maggie and Capleton

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2. MauraHennessey June 8th, 2011 at 7:47 pm 2

   Am I the only reader on Pam’s who thinks that it is an outrage

   that this man preaching the murder of our gay brothers is getting a venue to perform in in NYC?

   Withe NOM and Diaz preachign hate whilst claiming some kind of sanctimonious victimhood, do we need ChiChipleton inciting slaughter?

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3. Stephanie June 8th, 2011 at 9:28 pm 3

   Hate speech laws

   If he calls for LGBT people to be killed while performing in Canada, he may find himself being arrested for violating our hate speech laws.

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4. Heathen07 June 20th, 2011 at 4:33 am 4

   “Kill LGBT” Performer Capleton @ 06/26/11 Brooklyn Music Festival “Rescheduled”

   The June 26th, 2011 Brooklyn Music Festival featuring Capleton and other dancehall or reggae performers has been “rescheduled,” according to the Brooklyn Music Festival Website

   No new date for the “rescheduled” festival is given.

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5. Heathen07 July 1st, 2011 at 3:13 pm 5

   Capleton concert moved from Toronto to Brampton after LGBT outcry

   The Globe and Mail (Canada)reports today, 07/01/11, that:

   With Toronto in the middle of Pride Week, Jamaican dancehall singer Capleton, known for violently anti-gay lyrics, has had to move his Canada Day concert from downtown Toronto to Brampton, after criticism from the gay community.
   

   With songs alluding to fierce violence against homosexuals, the singer was originally booked to perform at the Sound Academy, the waterfront concert venue. According to Catherine Fowler, a spokeswoman for the venue, “we were unaware of the nature of the lyrics of this artist” when Capleton was originally booked by an outside promoter.

   Sound Academy was contacted by the gay-rights advocacy group Egale Canada, which also alerted Toronto’s police hate-crimes unit. Capleton, whose music regularly extols Rastafarian tenants of purity and individual rights, nevertheless includes references to such violent acts as “bun out ah chi chi/blood out ah chi chi,” referring to burning and bleeding a homosexual.

    Jamaican singer’s concert moved out of Toronto after outcry from gay community

   Good work Egale Canada! Merci!

   It would have been better if the concert had been canceled altogether. Sometimes there is a deposit, though, and a large amount of money is lost by the venue if a concert is canceled.

   Capleton obtains bookings by misrepresenting his background, claiming that he hasn’t performed “kill LGBT” music in the past. He may cite his signing of the Reggae Compassionate Act agreement, without mentioning that he violated that agreement.

   The best strategy for supporters of human rights and opponents of hatred and violence, is to get word out to clubs and bookers before a murder music artiste like Capleton is booked.
   

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6. Clarknt671 July 5th, 2011 at 1:51 pm 6

   Glad to hear he was cancelled in Brooklyn.

   I am curious about the circumstances and anxious to know where his “rescheduling” may pop up again, so we can target the new venue.  

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