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Is it time for Spotify to shut down homophobic Jamaican dancehall?
The streaming giant has declined to remove threatening tracks by Sizzla and Capleton. Some LGBTQ+ campaigners say it’s time to reclaim the genre – but for others, it’s hard to listen past the hate
Sizzla’s Nah Apologize was a response to the Stop Murder Music campaign, which called for dancehall artists to apologise for their anti-gay anthems and cease playing them. In reaching their decision, Spotify’s human reviewers – which include in-house and external consultants, and a panel of experts on its Safety Advisory Council – had taken account of Capleton and Sizzla being Rastafarians. And how far you retrace this history: Trinidadian LGBTQ+ activist Jason Jones blames British colonial-era laws (such as the Buggery Act, in force from 1533 to 1828) and American televangelism for spreading homophobia throughout the Caribbean.
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