News: No More Sumfest for Sizzla

"Singjay Sizzla, whose career has been dogged by legal controversies in recent months, is likely not to perform on Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest next year, the sponsors and organisers have hinted.

At a press briefing last Saturday afternoon at Montego Bay's Richmond Hill Inn, Sumfest organisers and sponsors cagily indicated, without naming anyone, that "an artiste had breached the agreed code of the Sponsors Coalition with respect to inciting violence in their lyrics".

The line was obviously a clear reference to Sizzla's scorching Dancehall Night performance last Thursday, which was peppered with repeated exhortations to "bun b.... man" and included the defiant anti-gay tirade "Bad man nah apologise to no b.... boy"."

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