Stop Murder Music

Stop Murder Music is a campaign to oppose Caribbean artists who produce music with lyrics alleged to glorify murder of homosexual men.[1][2][3] The campaign was mainly against Jamaican musicians, primarily dancehall and reggae artists such as Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, and the Bobo Ashanti Rastafarians Sizzla and Capleton.[4]

The campaign accuses these artists of promoting violence against LGBT people through the lyrics in their music and attempts to stop this. Stop Murder Music is jointly run by OutRage!, the Black Gay Men's Advisory Group, and J-Flag.[5] The term was coined by British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell in 1992.

  1. ^ Silencing Jamaican musicians fuels censorship debate Archived 2012-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Homophobia in Jamaica's dancehall music industry". The Guardian. 2004-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-06-27.
  3. ^ Archive copy of "Can music incite murder?", The Black Music Council Site at the Internet Archive. Report Date:15 Dec 2004.
  4. ^ Alexis Petridis (Friday 10 December 2004). "Pride and prejudice", Guardian.co.uk.
  5. ^ Burrell, Ian (2005)."'Murder music' silenced by a tough operator", Independent, The (London), Mar 7, 2005.