I know that the squeaky wheel gets the Crisco, and that the shrieking loudness of the gay lobby has brought about a new kind of "equality" in Canada whereby some are actually more equal than others. But I had to shake my head when I saw this article in the Star:

Two concerts have been cancelled after mega-club Kool Haus pulled the plug at the last-minute on two controversial reggae and dancehall artists.

Entertainers Elephant Man and Sizzla were scheduled to perform last Friday night and Oct. 5 respectively, but both Jamaicans have been under fire from human rights organizations who say their lyrics are homophobic and incite violence against gays.

Akim Larcher, founder of Stop Murder Music Canada – a coalition made up of 20 organizations that promote human rights – says the federal government has remained silent in this issue.

Suddenly a lobby group is worried about the violence of the Jamaican music scene? Why the hell did it take the gays to bring this about?? What about women's rights groups, or the anti-gun freaks around Toronto, who are happy to ban an inanimate weapon, but not the inspiration, culture or criminals that perpetrate the killings?

Stop Murder Music talks about human rights, but when will they act against other groups that target not just gays, but women, other blacks, rival gangs etc?

This 2004 article out of Montreal about Sizzla got lots of pro- and anti-Sizzla comments, but no one seemed to mention the other types of dangers associated with the rasta/hip-hop/reggae/bling bling yo homie culture that we actually have to live with every day in Canada and the US.

Here's an example of Elephant Man's anti-gay lyrics:

Ok, don't dat tune a fit fi radio play (Yeah)
Don't dat tune a mek di gal dem wine up when dem hear it waan stay (True)
It tell mi seh dem waan dat tune a day (Boom)
Don't dat tune a mek yuh feel like likkle pickney ready fi play (Yeah)
Don't dat tune a mek yuh feel a way (True)
Don't dat tune a mek yuh feel like seh fi tek a gun and shot a gay (Bo!!!)
Dem waan pollute go dung and not obey
Doolas nah support it not away

Bad? Yes. Terrible to the point of outcry? Well, that depends. How do you feel about this:

Homey you a bitch you got feminine ways
Heard you got four lips and bleed for seven days
I got fo' fifths and bananas on the K's
And got more whips than a runaway slave

That's from 50 Cent, who isn't banned in Canada, and is in fact considered mainstream popular.

What about sexual objectification of women? Isn't that a more widespread issue affecting 50% of the country, whereas gays only make up about 2%?

This is why I'm hot, catch me on the block,
Every other day, another bitch, another drop,

From Mims.

I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna f**k you,(f**k you) you already know
I wanna f**k you,(f**k you) you already know, girl

Money in the air as mo feel grab you by your coat tail take you to the motel, hoe sale,
don't tell, wont tell, baby said I don't talk Dogg but she told on me, oh well,
take a picture wit me, what the flick gon' do, baby stick to me & ima stick on u,
if you pick me then ima pick on you, d-o-double g and I'm here to put this dick on you,
I'm stuck on pussy n urs is right, wrip riding them poles and them doors is tight and tighter
and ima get me a shot for the end of the night cause pussy is pussy and baby you're pussy for life.

Akon featuring Snoop Dogg. Two very popular "artists".

Frankly, I haven't the time or the inclination to research the lyrics that glorify gang violence - it's been done before anyway.

Fact is, there's more than just the gay bashing aspect of this culture we should be looking at. Why has it taken a gay advocacy group to speak up about it.

Shame on the other lobbyists. Where have you all been hiding?

But activist and Canadian author Orville Lloyd Douglas says "there are a lot of double standards here."

These organization's "don't go after Eminem or Marilyn Manson."

And there it is. The race card. Double shame.

Labels: Gay Lobby, Misogyny, Race, Race Card, Reggae, Toronto