Is Beverly Genuinely against dancehall music or is she only trying to get a bigger fan base?
By Kon-Vick
OutAroad.com Writer
UK’s R&B star Beverly Knight has become one of the first entertainers of Jamaican parenting to joined hands with gay human rights group OutRage on their ‘Stop Muder Music’ campaign against Dancehall artists Beenie Man and Buju Banton.
According to BBC, the singer said, "It breaks my heart that people as talented as Buju Banton and Beenie Man feel the need to appeal to the lowest common denominator for hatred for gays.
However, some believed that Beverly Knight is saying all these nice things about gay people in order to get the gays to like her as she's scared that they might not support her music due to the fact that her parents are Jamaican.
It is also reported that Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Elephant Man and Bounty Killer are a few of the seven artists that are being investigated by The Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution for violent homophobic lyrics. Incitement to murder is a criminal offence in Britain.