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Embarrassed Pepsi denounces Beenie Man’s gay bashing in Uganda

Dancehall star Beenie Man is again under fire for his anti-gay lyrics, this time from corporate sponsor PepsiCo. Contact Music is reporting that PepsiCo spokespeople are criticizing Beenie Man for performing an anti-gay song at a reggae concert in Uganda on Saturday, December 5th.
Uganda’s Monitor reports that “The King of Dancehall stuck a sword of [...]

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UB40 lead singer Ali Campbell leaves band after almost 30 years

Last Friday, January 24th, UB40 lead singer Ali Campbell declared that he quit the reggae band after almost 30 years and tens of millions of records sold worldwide. Campbell, 48, released a statement on his website, claiming that “management difficulties, which have been ongoing for almost five years, had become intolerable. [...] No words [...]

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