Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee announced today that Jamaican dancehall artistes Bounty Killer and Mavado have been banned from entering Guyana.
Bounty Killer had a highly controversial performance in Guyana two weekends ago (Wildfire Productions) while Mavado (Ward Entertainment) was slated to perform in Linden this weekend. Mavado was scheduled to perform during the Linden Town Week celebrations alongside Lady Saw.
Minister Rohee said the two artistes were banned because of "security and other concerns".
Both artistes are widely known for aggressive gun lyrics. During his abbreviated performance (there were three power outages)at the National Park Bounty Killer had, unsurprisingly, called for the killing of all gays and when he was introduced the deejay called for all bad man from Buxton and Agricola to represent as the five star general made his way on stage.
We agree that both artiste should be banned from appearing in Guyana but what is the point of banning them but allowing their music to be played widespread? There should be an accompanying ban on the sale, playing and distribution of all their music.
