How the LGBTQ Blackballed Beenie Man

Beenie man has been in the game for a long time and has dropped numerous hits, but did you know he almost got cancelled? Find out what happened next.
Microphone Used: amzn.to/3CgId19
Full Microphone Setup: amzn.to/3CgId19
Soundproofing: amzn.to/3CeXtM2
Laptop:amzn.to/3Aw6rTW
Also watch What Happened To:
Diddy's Making Da Band 2 - • What Happened to Da Ba...
City High - • What Happened to City ...
Amil - • What Happened To Amil?
And more here - / alitalksmusic
Hit me up!
Instagram: Alitalksmusic
Business Inquiries: [e-mail]
This is not just another hip-hop and R&B channel.
Dedicated to bringing you 'What Happened To's', album/song reviews, and discussions on various topics about your favorite hip-hop and R&B artists who have been out of the spotlight for some time. It's all here hosted by Ali! Subscribe for instant updates!
Disclaimer - Excerpts from books, blogs, social media, and public figures protected by Fair Use Clause of the Copyright Act which states - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phono-records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, COMMENT, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright

[@misane2212]

He’s not canceled he’s one of the greatest of all time much love Beenie Man the streets gotcha

[@Thee_jamie_lee]

His career took a hit at one point not being able to travel hits different when ur missing out shows which is paying his bills he would later apologies after which he get bk his visa

[@blvdskino9363]

@@Thee_jamie_leemore than enough Caribbean & African countries dat support Beenie man Frfr

[@Thee_jamie_lee]

@@blvdskino9363 let's be real even so we all know those places aren't where he'd rather be other wise he wouldn't apologise

[@kiddreeftv]

He's not blackballed in the Caribbean so he's good... great vid 👌

[@vapingfastbreak5629]

You can be blackballed in a country, career field, state, etc. lol smh

[@kiddreeftv]

@@vapingfastbreak5629 I live in Trinidad 🇹🇹 he's a legend here and all over the Caribbean we don't care about that LGBTQ nonsense

[@peachygal8856]

But he was blackballed in the US, and let’s face it - a lot of artists, regardless of their country of origin, seek longevity and success in the US. Success in the US is the ultimate prize. No disrespect, but you don’t hear about artists “doing whatever it takes” to have success in Jamaica, Brazil, Korea, Mexico, etc.

[@teri_ccc5160]

Exactly, most of his fans are from the West Indies anyways… 💥

[@kiddreeftv]

@@peachygal8856 i understand what you're saying.. but many Jamaican artist find success locally... vybz kartel among others

[@Hains22]

Listening to Ali read Jamaican Patois is the funniest thing ever 😂

[@LunchboxLex]

I was just saying the same thing 😂😂😂

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

At least He Admits it though heh heh.. kinda reminds me of Em in 8 Mile..the idea of U Can't Diss Me, I Diss Myself or Embracing a Flaw or Fault before your opponent gets to chance to

[@eugenedantzler4485]

I replayed that 7 times😂😂😂😂

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Ayooooo funny asf🤣

[@malina1529]

😂😂😂😂

[@odogggg2010]

To me Buju Bonton' s " Boom Bye Bye " was way worse but I digress. Still loved the song tho , lol

[@LunchboxLex]

Absolutely! Chi Chi Man by T.O.K. was too

[@anointedone5154]

"Nah fuck batty like all of the priests,the pope and the Vatican"

[@debbiejones4423]

Didn't the same thing happen to Shabba Ranks? They tried to cancel him because he said he didn't think homosexual relationships were biblically right.

[@xxxenaaa1993]

Idk if it's still so but I remember Elephant man refusing to recant statements made against homosexuality resulting in his exile in the states along w Kalanji and T.O.K

[@Aries16603]

Yup and they railroaded his ass. You have an opinion and the people with the money has an opinion as well.

[@yungimagemusic]

Lol I applaud you for trying to pronounce in the native Yardy accent lol 😂 shit was funny as hell

[@blindbabybutterfly]

I swear I’m dying laughing 😹 at these readings.

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

Mad hilarious son

[@AK-qb3xp]

A Dancehall legend ! You should do more portraits of Jamaican deejays 😉 ! Big up from France 🇨🇵 !

[@brokenpsylens7938]

They just don't understand Jamaican culture nor its laws. Big up King Beenie👑

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

What are the laws

[@starboy7151]

Man with man is un accepted

[@kam579]

​@@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 shege Dan iska,you are all about that rectum penetration thing too, obviously.....bamu Yi Dan uwarka!

[@BramptonAnglican]

You mean the laws the British enforced when your ancestors were slaves on plantations?

[@Aries16603]

And that’s why jamaica is so underdeveloped and always will be at the bottom of the barrel. Gay tourist pay to keep that country afloat. 😂😂😂

[@mercuryman1250]

They always trying to cancel anybody that doesn't agree with them and their ways

[@kam579]

Leave dem daughters and sons of sodom and Gomorrah,we not all about that thing over here man, dead fi dem alphabet people dem me a chant!

[@nomsantuli6023]

Facts

[@UPxYOURs2]

Right

[@Aries16603]

The same way black people get in an uproar when white people don’t want blacks a part of their establishment.

[@jayro792]

Whether you agree or not is not the point. Saying someone should be killed, firebombed, shot up or whatever way Beenie said to execute the Chi-chi man aka batty man is disturbing, disgusting and despicable!

[@tanagunda1368]

His work ethic is crazy

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Yeah I didn’t know about all of them albums

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

@@baconeggcheesepodcast9390 go stream them now

[@misane2212]

This Lb Shit is out-of-control you can’t force nobody to do anything

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

Hetro sexual people need to unite and cancel lgb people

[@obscuresoundz]

zim zima who got da key to my beema; was a beast, lol

[@Jamie28564]

😂 as a Jamaican listening to Ali read and Speak Jamaica patios 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dudesupremeX]

Beenie Man is a legend. •Side note: Notice how the industry lets people promote us deleting each other and destroying neighborhoods but is not ok with someone being against homosexuality. Let that sink in.

[@LunchboxLex]

OMFG! This patois is flagrant!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@misslori9725]

Didn't know he was cancelled, I'd pay that no mind....

[@JamesWilliams-wc2zq]

Beenie man is deserving of the title and crown of the king of dancehall

[@anointedone5154]

Lmao

[@pbm2324]

"No man no fi have another man inna him bed" Nobody can't cancell the Dancehall King

[@276Chyld]

He has a point with the Eminem angle

[@FelicityGemini]

wasnt expecting dancehall, and you didn't butcher the patois too bad. I enjoyed this. can you do one on bounty and elephant man? appreciate you, Ali!

[@OneilEdwards-v5n]

No one care about them Beenie man a worldwide international superstar one king

[@FelicityGemini]

@user-cg1yf8yq5t did I ask you anything? I'm asking Ali to do one on them. If you don't like them then don't watch. Simple

[@OneilEdwards-v5n]

No one care why when unu see somebody to something ho do next one red eye the man do who him want to do

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

@@OneilEdwards-v5n 😁😁

[@inmate-ql7ek]

This took me back! Peek dancehall and reggae times❤

[@xxxenaaa1993]

Never been the same since he an Vegas slow up

[@gregwhite7852]

Finally Reggae/ Dance Hall artist especially BOSSMAN. Keep the content coming and let's get a WHT MAD LION or SUPER CAT!!!!!

[@Iammikeyrivers]

Dance hall only

[@blaqwitch7781]

All of Beenie mans back tracking is hilarious! Say it with ya whole chest goofy! 😂

[@eljay7i]

Do Baby Cham next.. Big fan of dancehall especially from the 90s..

[@NebulousNova]

The Beenie Man LGBTQ situation sounds exactly like the DaBaby LGBTQ situation

[@testostyrone33]

Respect to Beenie.

[@thedon8939]

Hearing ali trying to talk patwaar is hilarious.

[@Higher_Sun_Highzak]

It's embarrassing and kinda insulting

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

Better Chance Of Hell Freezing Over than There Is Of Getting a Bad Upload from U AliDaGreat

[@georgeharris529]

Glad Sizzla never backed down big up Rasta

[@pluralcommas]

I dig how your videos are informational 😂salute

[@vdotme]

Yo......Beenie shoulda 🤐 & got a professional PR team on board. Some of his defences just dug him deeper into that hole. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lorrainebwoy]

Blogger mi ago tell yuh one thing.......beenie is the king.....full stop.

[@noz6478]

Do the legendary Elephant Man The energy god 🇯🇲🐘⚡🪘

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Wow I always wondered what happened to him now we know he got cancelled

[@famusrama]

Bro bounty killer next?

[@ericawhite9430]

He not canceled, but we need to cancel the alphet community period 🤬💩leave us alone,he coming out with new music can't wait to hear it,they can't cancel nobody

[@voornaamachternaam5745]

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY REGGAE ARTISTS DIDNT PROMOTE THEIR OWN CONCERTS WHY DEPEND ON PRO LGBTQ PROMOTORS BOYCOTTING ARTISTS LIKE SHABBA RANKS ,BUJU BANTON !!!???

[@eugenedantzler4485]

Alphabet Mafia doing too much

[@ryanmahabir664]

Do bounty killer next big up to beenie man also

[@breezyd6856]

Why is he worried about who other men are sleeping with?

[@OneilEdwards-v5n]

That was long time music is art on the man sing what know what wrong with a Jamaican singing a song that is law in Jamaica

[@queenofnyc5584]

He’s not worried at all. It’s called expressing yourself

[@nomsantuli6023]

Beenie man is a 🐐 thanks for the video watching from the UK 🇬🇧

[@wraithyoshidj6702]

Lmao they can never cancel a legend

[@justineebourgeois3420]

Bun a Bawti-Mon! Fiyah bun dem! 🔥 😤

[@blvdskino9363]

If Ya Gon Blackball Me fi speaking against wickedness Trust & Believe imma oite wik dat Salute Beenie Man

[@leroybigby5451]

Big up Bennie man

[@chandrareid6966]

Stay true to who you are Beenie man forget the alphabet crew.

[@futureDreamer4]

Big up to Beenie! The alphabet group be doing way too much and when they get called out for it. They get offended. Ali this Jamaican man appreciates you for trying to read our dialect lol.

[@QueenIs100]

Everyone knows Jamaica and Africa is against gay...not saying its right or wrong but thats their way

[@elvangulley3210]

They are wrong

[@simoneb208]

Um, Europe exists he's good

[@ireevybztv8592]

I love your channel and I appreciate this video that you made. I honestly hope that you continue. The you do more videos on reggae artist.

[@AK-qb3xp]

Not Reggae, Dancehall 😉 !

[@ireevybztv8592]

@@AK-qb3xp Seriously?🤨😒😑

[@HolytruthKrissiah]

No Battie boys 🚫🚫🚫🚫

[@yakyakyakperfect]

Ayye ringo got a mention 🇿🇦

[@Gino419]

In the Caribbean, beenie man shows is garanteed 2 be soul out. Beenie is a pro, and his music and stage presence is impecable. Bounty killer has the same qualities, but the bad man image hurts his fanbase. Bounty killer shows are not a packed as a beenie man show. Everyone in the West indies know this. However they are both awesome.

[@georgeharris529]

Slam big tune!

[@syzmiktv664]

😂😂😂😂 he signed the compassionate act contract with vybz anthony rebel capleton sizzla and other deejays

[@starboy7151]

This was good I ask & I wonder if this guy is Caribbean related but I do believe reason why Bernie isn't as big as he was is cuz of Vybz Kartel & Mavado since both has arrived he fell instantly as far as I could tell he introduced many ppl to dancehall growing up in the 2000s but 2 of them Vybz and Mavado has made dancehall as good as it can be nobody can cancel either

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

You living in a dream world, neither Movado or Vybz Kartel is as big as beenie nor will they be as big as beenie who also won a Grammy, beenie is still selling out concert and is still destroying stage shows in Jamaica and internationally, and Kartel? He is rottening away in prison ,and Movado he is cold up and not in the USA any more

[@TTo-pr2vc]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@oyaami1874]

You can disapprove of people's lifestyle without calling for their death.

[@LBgodchild]

Y'ALL spposed to be so fierce but cancel anyone for anything.

[@sleep4200]

Who cares ,you never know he might have a close friend, family or himself that was a victim of predators he is rapping about

[@staceyjones2168]

Salute to Beeni...got to stand 4 something

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

At 5:08 does anyone know why Ali is holding back a laugh before he mentions Beenie's 5th album ...I don't know why but I'm curious

[@royal_b]

How bout a video on Twista or Shawnna?

[@ashleyalexander2847]

I feel everyone has there time. Not everyone can have a great career all the time. But bad mouthing the LGBTQ+ community didn't help either

[@GraceAshley-z2k]

Iwas at tastee in crossroad kingston when he won the night

[@reynarose5770]

Beenie Man is Jamaican. Anyone aware of Jamaican culture knows exactly how they get down. They not down with that gay shit period. It is what it is. He's the man, his music is amazing, and I'll be fan of his foreva!! Sorry LGBT, community. This music is not, and never was for you.

[@RogerDosethee-bg8rw]

Big up king😂

[@CacaoFlower]

But why his music as a child ate? Wonder if it’s on iTunes now

[@xxxenaaa1993]

Chichi man in the 90's=idk what he saying but Jamaican music makes me dance Chichiman by '07=GAY ANTHEM T.O.K. '37=eearning access to U.S. stages by performing ChiChiman on his own float at pride

[@stevenreborn134]

Yow beanie first song dem better than the ones we used to.

[@kinghiggins5021]

Do a video on bonuty Killer

[@krchatira]

soooo it's ok for gay people to go around loudly showing off their inclinations even to neutral people but when we raise complaints its gay bashing. Don't have anything with public show of attention your inclination is your inclination but when you bring it in some1s space what do you expect 🤨!

[@o13sweetboy]

I find it funny how these Reggae artist go hard against homosexuality because it's against life but don't go against singing about violence and killing which is against life too, full of contradiction.

[@bushrodbrown8326]

💯✊🏾Bernie man 💯💯💯✊🏾

[@michaeldoldron8444]

Some how come Bujia Baton wasn't never put on this LGBTQ Hate list with all this "Boom Bye Bye Butta Boy dead" Elephant Man "Chee Chee Man" and Sizzla nobody look in for these men who's record's were playing world wide. This is crazy how the catch only someone who had more competitive skill.

[@1lion]

He's a hypocrite as his daughter is gay and isnt his manager gay

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

Beenie would never keep a gay manager,u dreaming?

[@QUEENVLOGZZBYKALIOFFICIAL]

Love your content

[@TilbertMorrison-sv8ge]

It was Jogzy King style.

[@RichardWillis-fn4hg]

BEENIE MAN IS STILL THE DANCEHALL KING SO DON'T GET IT TWISTED

[@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan]

Who won di clash?

[@ashtonyoshi6811]

If they can't have ur kids u are their enemy

[@teegreen3909]

Fyah make it burn dem Chi Chi mon dem

[@jevonboyce2829]

While we from Jamaica and we speak about scrimination of gaze because a bottom one is a skimming of freak by nature and I need you to make quote something there. Not a man cannot be a woman, a woman cannot be a man, and basically what Moses Davis speaks about they have no right to try to downgrade him, I know his music personally and there's no threat. This is what we live at, and we've got a problem with the minister in a Jamaica, allowing this gay scrimination. Where where bounty killer not to be stopped? We don't honor gays cadazz we call screaming nation of mankind and the fatherland

[@anointedone5154]

Do Vybz Kartel next

[@BAquarius]

I mean… dats what he gets n sh!t 🎯✅

[@Nastydealerr]

🦝 babble ‼️🥲🤦🏾‍♂️

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

🤡🤡🤡🦝🦝🦝

[@vin605]

12:25 😂😆

[@zoomanx9661]

And they celebrated by having a Vaseline party 😡😡😡

[@jevonboyce2829]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤he's right..fi real

[@windmiltnbriannatv9573]

Hold on a second a Both Beenie Man and Bounty Killer are still friends in 2023 present time that was a small misunderstanding that solved 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌😎💯

[@AmandaNOTMandy]

🤯🤯🤯🤦🏻8:46 to 9:16 does anyone else feel like he didn't help his career at all with that statement? I kind of feel like it made everything so much worse for him. In my opinion it would have been best to just say something short and sweet. He should have said my intention was never to offend anyone... Following it up with when he said this is just my My beliefs. Just leave it like that. Can't help but think that there was probably one if not many public relations specialist on his team who face palmed after hearing what w😢as said. 🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@garretindall2820]

12:22 wow 🤣😂🤣😂

[@BkGoodBoyBad]

Let’s make something clear about the FALSE information contained in the title of this video: the LGBT did no such thing. Beanie Man was “soft canceled” by the music industry …the gay community had nothing to do with it. Beanie Man continues to be a celebrated icon in music (gay people love him). Now, at the time the industry needed to make an example and he was chosen. Please stop spreading false information (that has people in the comments saying nasty things about gay people). You have a tendency to put false information in your videos and you really need to check your facts. The “LGBT” did not cancel this man. However, if you make homophobic music, you are sure to see the consequences if you expect mainstream success. Get your facts together Ali.

[@BXshqip87]

He's a Jamaican pattie boy 🏳️‍🌈

[@queenofnyc5584]

Pattie?

[@BXshqip87]

@@queenofnyc5584 he's a gay boy himself

[@Reggaerocktv658]

Dats a lie because beenie and the fish dem a friend 😢😢😢😢

[@jazzj04]

Great music.. but he sounds confused and ignorant lol

[@OneilEdwards-v5n]

No confusion from your love man a coppa on led what's confuse about that

[@career5690]

Beenie man has a daughter in the lgbt community.

[@kinghiggins5021]

Badman wicked man was bonuty Killer song copper shot listen again get some how understand the lyrics

[@andredavis1844]

Maybe keep your hatred and bigotry to yourself. Imagine someone saying how much they hate another minority

[@themorningbeerpodcast1250]

F Janet!!!

[@carltongayle8137]

Mi did c him go down on him knees beg the lbgtq pardon.