San Francisco Says Bye Bye to Homophobic Reggae Star
Controversial singer Buju Banton is greeted in San Francisco
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Banton performs at the Benefit Party after the NY Benefit
Premiere of "The Agronomist" in New York City.      If it wasn't
for his lyrics, most people probably would never have heard of
Buju Banton.      But the Jamaican born reggae singer wrote the
words "boom bye bye, Inna batty bwoy head" in 1988 and he has
sparked controversy everywhere he has gone ever since, including
in San Francisco Monday night.      The singer has been
criticized for years, and even banned from playing at Live
Nation and AEG Live venues, because of his homophobic lyrics and
alleged actions.      But Banton still found a way to perform at
the Rockit Room in San Francisco Monday but not without protest
and a meeting with a local LGBT group, openly gay Supervisor
Bevan Dufty and Supervisor Eric Mar, according to SF Appeal.
There were a handful of protesters an