Canucks Chuck Hate Music

Jamaican reggae and dancehall artists Sizzla (left) and Elephant Man (right) have been given the boot by at least one Toronto venue, after Canadian advocacy groups cited the pair for anti-gay slurs. Shows for Sizzla, who was scheduled to perform at Toronto's Kool Haus last Friday, and Elephant Man, who had an October 6 concert scheduled, were both canceled.
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A coalition of around 20 organizations called Stop Murder Music Canada called for the artists to be banned from the country. "They shouldn't have been allowed to get visas to perform in the country. It's not about censorship or artistic freedom. That stops when hate propaganda is involved," coalition founder Akim Larcher told the Toronto Star.

This isn't the first time Elephant Man has run into trouble. In 2004, he was kicked off the British Mobo Awards for refusing to alter his homophobic lyrics.



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1. So they hate Kanye... who doesn't?

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Posted at 1:59PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Conky

2. Now, which is which? Seriously! Though, I have to say the way these guys look and are dressed they each have more pressing problems than dissing gays.

Posted at 2:00PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Rosa Parks

3. I think I drop loose change in their cup.

Posted at 2:10PM on Sep 30th 2007 by FlBiker

4. Wow, those are some fugly dudes!!!!

Posted at 2:16PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Prnzez

5. #2, LOL theres nothing with the way they are dressed. With them both being from Jamaican, I would not expect them to be all blinged out and in designer clothes the way our American celebrities like to wear their bank accounts on their backs. Also actually, they are considered *rich* in their country-both live in huge mansions and such on the island

Posted at 2:17PM on Sep 30th 2007 by LH

6. Yes, these guys do live in huge mansions. Oh yeah, the are also freaking ugly as all get out.

Posted at 2:39PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Adam

7.
I'm sorry, but those guys will be in jail within 3 months....

Posted at 2:49PM on Sep 30th 2007 by See My Ex-Girlfriend

8. LH #5: Now, I know they're wacked for sure! They're from Jamaica, and they're dressed like Fall clothes horses. What's up with that hat? In Jamaica?

Posted at 2:47PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Rosa Parks

9. Homophobia is the wrong term to be using here, it would imply that they are somehow "afraid" of homosexuality.

The term "homophobia" is more used up than Parisite. It's devolved into a term that is used to label anyone who doesn't approve of homosexuality. Do I have to belabor the fact that one can disapprove of homosexuality without being "afraid" of it?

Sorry if I used some big words here, I know the typical TMZ reader is probably choking on the multisyllabic terms used.

Posted at 2:50PM on Sep 30th 2007 by sigh...

10. well thatshow they feel its music its not like you going to see them out there killing gays, what happened to freedon of speech,? i personally dont like gay guys but its there life not mine, man to man is so unjust, i love the music they sing, am a reggae fanatic they express them selves with what hey want to say they say what others are scared to say,the not just against gay people they talk about whats really going on aound the worl, yeall gat better things to talk about than them too, why they drop them bombs in na arabia? why the children bow than and suffer inna africa? leaders of the righteous just fighting fir super power, so urn batty boy!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:53PM on Sep 30th 2007 by kingpams

11. those are some fugly dudes!!!!

Posted at 3:00PM on Sep 30th 2007 by www.sugar-shoes.co.uk

12. the are expressing the wrong within our selves through there music!!! nothing wrong with it freedom of speech.

Posted at 2:53PM on Sep 30th 2007 by kingpams

13. the are expressing the wrong within our selves through there music!!! nothing wrong with it freedom of speech.

Posted at 2:54PM on Sep 30th 2007 by kingpams

14. Tmz are anti gun scum. LONG LIVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT. GLAAD are free speech hating scum LONG LIVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. Thank God I don't live in Canada were the is no speech rights and gun rights. Canada is all about gun control and censorship. And as for Peta im eating a hamburger right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:56PM on Sep 30th 2007 by The Hornet

15. Tmz are anti gun radicals. GLAAD are anti gun radicals and anti free speech radicals. I am glad I dont live in Canada has no free speech or gun rights. In fact Canada and Glaad have a few things in common Canada has no First Amendment or Second Amendment, and GLAAD wants to destroy the First Amendment and the Second Amendment in the United States. And as for PETA I am eating a hamburger right now

Posted at 3:13PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Captain America

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