Entertainment 18-08-2004 who: Gay rights group OutRage! what: Asks record label to sack "homophobic" reggae artist where: LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: The campaign group is lobbying EMI records to cancel their deal with Beenie Man, one of Jamaica`s most successful dancehall artists and is currently at number 14 in the UK singles chart. "Beenie Man does more than express his disapproval of homosexuality," OutRage`s Peter Tatchell and Brett Lock tell BBC News Online. "He calls for all homosexuals to be killed and incites his listeners to go out and murder gays and lesbians." In other music news, The Times says Radio 1 has been accused of US bias "after figures showed that just one of the ten most-played tracks on Radio 1 this year was by a UK artist." [... more]

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