Deejays Bounty Killer and Mavado, has been banned from entering the Guyana, the country’s Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, said yesterday.
A report from the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), quoted Rohee as saying that Bounty Killer, whose real name is Rodney Price, is known for his lyrics glorifying guns and bashing gays while Mavado is a security risk.
The Guyanese minister, speaking at a news conference, said the decision to blacklist the two Jamaicans was taken last week by the Bharrat Jagdeo administration after careful consideration of their track records.
Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, was due to perform at a concert in Guyana this weekend.
Several attempts to speak with the deejays and their publicist Julian Jones-Griffiths yesterday, were unsuccessful.
“My ministry has exercised a lot of patience with the organisers of showsÉwe had set out conditions under which these shows are to be held, but these were not followed,” Rohee said in reference to Bounty Killer’s recent show in Guyana, where the deejay reportedly performed a number of his controversial songs.
“Bounty Killer has been blacklisted, he will not be allowed to enter the jurisdiction,” Rohee said.
Regarding Mavado, the Minister would only say that the artiste was a security risk and as such he too would not be allowed into the country.
Bounty Killer had to cut short his performance in Guyana last week because of a faulty music system. this caused patrons to throw bottles on stage.
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