Beenie Man yields to church
October 12, 2007
POPULAR dancehall act Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis yesterday agreed in court not to air his controversial music video with the scenes shot at the St Andrew Parish Church cemetery in Half-Way Tree included.
The church had taken out an injunction against the internationally-acclaimed artiste, blocking the airing of the recently shot video with the "blurred" scenes of the age-old cemetery, which is on the church premises.
The church had said that it never gave consent for the shooting of the video, filmed to promote the deejay's new single, Mama's Cry/Gangsta's Prayer, which hits out against the high murder rate in the island.
The video was, however, aired after the injunction was served, but according to handlers for the artiste, the airing was unintentional and was caused by a breakdown of communication with the media house that broadcast the video with the cemetery scene included.
The video has since been pulled and Beenie Man's publicists last week issued an apology to the church from the deejay.
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
