Sizzla

Sizzla, 2005

Sizzla Kalonji (actually Miguel Orlando Collins ; born April 17, 1976 in Saint Mary in northeastern Jamaica ) is a reggae and dancehall performer .

Life

Private

Miguel Orlando Collins was born in August Town, Kingston, in 1976. He grew up in the ghettos of Saint Mary Parish in northeastern Jamaica, where he came into contact with reggae and dancehall culture. Collins showed an early interest in technology and electronics and worked as a technician on various sound systems . He began training as a mechatronics technician , but did not finish it. Miguel Collins is the second born of six children. His parents were devout Rastafarians . Collins himself also accepted his parents' religion. In the mid-1990s, he then joined the Bobo Ashanti movement, a Rastafarian group based on the Rasta saint Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards. Edwards is regarded by this movement as the priest of the Most High God. Other Bobo Ashanti reggae performers include Anthony B. and Capleton . His music and lyrics got more and more influences from this fragmented culture. at. In early 2000, Sizzla studied architecture at the University of Technology of Jamaica in Saint Andrew .

Career

Sizzla live 2007

He began his musical career as a solo artist with a number of singles that were never released . He was mainly influenced by the music of Buju Banton , who initiated the first musical tightening of reggae music with his album "Til Shiloh" (1995), and by Shabba Ranks . For these two artists he also appeared in the opening act. He went on tour with the reggae artist Luciano and was finally discovered by the saxophonist Dean Fraser . He was working with the Caveman Hi-Fi sound system when he met Bobby Dixon , known as Bobby Digital. In the mid-1990s he signed a record deal with the Xterminator Records label, but then switched to Digital B.

His first album was released in 1995 under the name "Burning Up", but was still quite unsuccessful. In 1995 he published the title "No White God", which finally made him famous. His international breakthrough came with the number 1 album "Black Woman & Child" (1997) with Bobby Digital. Since that time he has released several albums a year, distributed across various record companies. At the end of the 1990s he published so-called "slack tunes", pornographic songs that explicitly address the gender aspect, and thus aroused the discontent of reggae culture.

During his student days from 2000 he was admonished by senior Bobo Ashanti because of his so-called Slack-Liriks (texts that glorify violence and contain sexual content). After that, he withdrew lyrically in order not to disappoint the insecure fans. He changed the direction of his music. The sexual aspect was dropped, instead he wrote socially critical and “positive texts”, which in some places continued to call for violence and glorified the use of firearms, but in a different context.

In March 2005, his home was searched by British and Jamaican police forces as part of Operation King Fish. Automatic weapons were found in his apartment ; Sizzla and 30 of his followers were arrested, and he himself was charged with masterminding a criminal organization called the Judgment Yard, allegations that were later dropped. "Judgment Yard" is dubbed by him as a "family" made up of loyal friends.

Controversy over homophobic lyrics and utterances

Sizzla has so-called Battyman tunes in his song repertoire , in which derogatory expressions are used for homosexual men and in some cases openly calling for violence against them. Some of Sizzla's texts were classified in Germany by the Federal Testing Office for Media Harmful to Young People as glorifying violence and harmful to young people, which is why the two Sizzla albums Rastafari and Kings of Dancehall were indexed in 2009 . In Pump Up Her Pum Pum states, inter alia: Shot Battybwoy My Big Gun Boom !!! English: Shoot the ass boy [gay], [you] my big gun, boom !!!

In a press conference after the Summerjam Festival 2007 in Cologne, he said: “If you go to other men, you drag [your mother's reputation] in the dirt. A man has to decide whether he wants to be a piece of dirt or a proud man. [...] "

In an interview in the Riddim 01/08 Sizzla explains: “Even if we sing, kill Battyman, then we don't go out and kill people. This is not a call to violence. [...] We can [but] not accept that little boys are raped, nor that underage girls are abused. "

As part of the Stop the Murder Music campaign , attempts were made to prevent Sizzla from appearing.

However, in 2007 he signed the Reggae Compassionate Act (RCA for short) , in which he stipulates "respect for those who think differently as the basis for his work". According to information from the LSVD , however, Sizzla still had the criticized texts in the program after signing it on his European tour in 2007 and in Jamaica, whereby he sometimes had the audience sing the incriminated text parts. Later he even repeatedly denied signing it. The agency "contour-music", which had organized Sizzla concerts in Germany in the past, announced in 2010 that it would no longer represent the singer.

Based on Sizzla's remarks and reports from the German embassy in Jamaica, the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior managed to have the artist advertised in the Schengen information system for rejection or non-entry into the Schengen area. Therefore he was not allowed to perform in the European Union for a while. However, the entry ban was not extended after 2008. Despite the tender that still existed at the time, Sizzla managed to travel to Austria and give a concert there on May 12, 2008 at “Planet Music”. During an appearance planned in Spain, Sizzla was immediately arrested at Madrid Airport and sent back.

In 2009 and 2010, some concerts in Germany, including participation in the Chiemsee Reggae Summer 2010 , were canceled due to public pressure, as the organizer had security concerns about announced demonstrations by left-wing groups. Other concerts took place despite a few strong protests, elsewhere less or completely without protests.

In 2013, Sizzla was warned several times by the organization before his appearance at the Sting Festival in Portmore , Jamaica , where he has been one of the main acts for years, to perform homophobic songs during the performance. After publicly speaking on stage, he was banned from appearing at the event for life.

Discography

Albums

• 1995 - Burning Up - RAS Records Inc.
• 1997 - Black Woman & Child - Digital-B
• 1997 - Praise Ye Jah - XTerminator
• 1998 - Good Ways - Digital-B
• 1998 - Freedom Cry - VP Records
• 1998 - Kalonji - XTerminator
• 1998 - Reggae Max - Jet Star Records
• 1999 - Be I Strong - VP Records
• 1999 - Royal Son of Ethiopia - Greensleeves Records
• 2000 - Words of Truth - VP Records
• 2000 - Bobo Ashanti - Greensleeves Records
• 2000 - Liberate Yourself I - Kariang Records
• 2000 - Liberate Yourself II - Kariang Records
• 2001 - Rastafari Teach I Everything - Greensleeves Records
• 2001 - Black History - Charm
• 2001 - Taking Over - VP Records
• 2002 - Ghetto Revolution - Greensleeves Records
• 2002 - The Story Unfolds - The Best Of - VP Records
• 2002 - Blaze Up the Chalwa - Charm
• 2002 - Da Real Thing - VP Records
• 2002 - Blaze Fire Blaze - Whodat Records
• 2002 - Hosanna - Reggae Central
• 2003 - Rise to the Occasion - Greensleeves Records
• 2003 - Light of My World - Charm
• 2003 - African Children - Fire Ball Records
• 2003 - Ever So Nice - White Label
• 2003 - Red Alert - Jet Star Records
• 2004 - Brighter Day - Kingston Records
• 2004 - Life - Greensleeves Records
• 2004 - Speak of Jah - Bogalusa
• 2004 - Kings of Dancehall Vol. III: Sizzla - Charm (indexed)
• 2004 - Jah Knows Best - Sanctuary Records
• 2005 - Soul Deep - Greensleeves Records
• 2005 - Burning Fire - Penitentiary Records
• 2006 - Ain't Gonna See Us Fall - VP Records
• 2006 - Waterhouse Redemption - Greensleeves Records
• 2006 - Jah Protect - Penitentiary Records
• 2006 - The Overstanding - Damon Dash Music Group
• 2006 - Esta Loca "Bless the Mixtapes" - Dance Factory
• 2007 - I-Space - Greensleeves Records
• 2007 - Children of Jah - Penitentiary Records
• 2008 - Rastafari - Penitentiary Records (indexed)
• 2008 - Stand Tall - Greensleeves Records
• 2009 - Ghetto Youth-Ology - Greensleeves Records
• 2010 - Crucial Times - Greensleeves Records
• 2011 - Sons of Jamaica - PMI Jet Star
• 2011 - The Scriptures - John John Records
• 2011 - Welcome to the Good Life - VP Records
• 2012 - The Chant - John John Records
• 2012 - In Gambia - VP Records
• 2013 - The Messiah - VP Records
• 2014 - Radical - VP Records
• 2014 - Born a king

Singles, Dubplates (selection)

• 1994: We Want Love - (XTerminator)
• 1994: Mothers of Nations - (XTerminator)
• 1995: I'm Not Sure - (Exterminator)
• 1995: Holding Firm - (Star Trail)
• 1995: Life's Road - (XTerminator)
• 1995: Judgment Morning - (XTerminator)
• 1995: Big & Bold - (Digital B)
• 1995: True God - (XTerminator)
• 1995: Blasphime - (XTerminator)
• 1995: Have No White God - (XTerminator)
• 1996: No Time to Gaze - (Digital B)
• 1996: Black Woman And Child - (Digital B)
• 1996: Dem a Wonder - (XTerminator)
• 1996: Did You Ever - (XTerminator)
• 1996: Purified Woman - (Cell Block 321)
• 1997: Praise Ye Jah - (XTerminator)
• 1997: Healing of the Nation - (Kariang Records)
• 1997: From Long Time - (Kariang Records)
• 1997: Woman Mi Love - (XTerminator)
• 1997: Kings of the Earth - (XTerminator)
• 1997: Homeless - (XTerminator)
• 1998: Real - (XTerminator)
• 1998: Pull the Resources - (Brickwall)
• 1998: Till It Some More - (XTerminator)
• 1998: Mockries & Phrase - (Digital B)
• 1999: Strength & Hope - (XTerminator)
• 1999: Rain Showers - (XTerminator)
• 1999: The World - (XTerminator)
• 1999: Love of a Lifetime - (Digital B)
• 1999: Good Looking & Pretty - (Xterminator Uk.)
• 1999: Love Is All - (Xterminator Uk.)
• 1999: Anytime Now - ( Greensleeves Records )
• 1999: Why Boast - (XTerminator)
• 1999: In This Time - (Greensleeves Records)
• 1999: Jail House Break - (Fat Eyes Records)
• 1999: Bad Man Deh - (Crown Star)
• 1999: Brain Wash - (Crown Star)
• 1999: By Your Words - (Kariang Records)
• 1999: The Ago Suffer - (Cali Bud)
• 1999: Do the Right Thing - (World Wide Success)
• 1999: Get We Out - (Kariang Records)
• 1999: Good Conquer Evil - (XTerminator)
• 1999: Herb Man a Smoke - (XTerminator)
• 1999: Search Fi Hardcore - (XTerminator)
• 1999: Submerge Cocaine Base - (XTerminator)
• 1999: All Praises to Jah - (Mad Doc)
• 2000: Bun Dem Out - (Love Promotions)
• 2000: Keep It Real - (Hi-Grade Music)
• 2000: Do Good Every Time - (Digital-B)
• 2000: Babylon Kill Seven - (Annex)
• 2000: This Is It - (True Love Records)
• 2000: Fuss Ting - (Spragga Roots)
• 2000: Bushy, Bushy - (Annex)
• 2000: Life Is Eternal - (Safire Music)
• 2000: Ever Living Life - (XTerminator)
• 2000: Never Wanna Herd a Dem - (Brickwall)
• 2000: Jump Nuh - (XTerminator)
• 2000: Gone a War - (XTerminator)
• 2000: Woman Caan Too Much - (Annex)
• 2000: Link Up - (XTerminator)
• 2000: To the Point - (CJ Records)
• 2000: Advance - (True Blue Family)
• 2000: Nah Fi Ask - (Crown Star)
• 2000: Mind Over Matter - (Harmodio)
• 2000: Life - (Spragga Roots)
• 2000: Live And Give Praises - (Harmony House)
• 2000: Fear No Foe - (Manatee Records)
• 2000: Bam Rush - (Adex Records)
• 2000: Heard of Dem - (Greensleeves Records)
• 2000: Bus Out a Dis - (Annex)
• 2001: Karati - (Kings of Kings)
• 2001: Taking Over - (XTerminator)
• 2001: Done Nothing For Us - (Harmony House)
• 2001: Babylon Get Demolish - (In Time Music)
• 2001: Straight to the Top - (Peer Pressure)
• 2001: Strait Forward - (Big Jeans Records)
• 2001: Trample - (Dé Javù Productions)
• 2001: Again - (Dé Javù Productions)
• 2001: The One I Love You - (Energy Production)
• 2001: Gimmi Di Woman Dem - (Fat Eyes Records)
• 2001: It's All Yours - (First Name Music)
• 2001: It's Getting Better - (Kickin Productions)
• 2001: Girls And Roses - (Stone Love)
• 2001: Thought For Today - (XTerminator)
• 2001: Golden Sunshine - (Crown Star)
• 2001: Boom And Go Through - (Digital-B)
• 2001: Biggest Talk - (321 Strong)
• 2001: Pump Up - (Black Shadow Records)
• 2001: Leaving Babylon - (Kings of Kings)
• 2001: Top a Di Line - (Mo 'Music Productions)
• 2002: I Love Jah - ( Massive B )
• 2002: Thank U Mama / Solid as a Rock - ( VP Records )
• 2002: Give Jah Praise - (Star Trail)
• 2002: Living Colors - (Fat Eyes Records)
• 2002: For Your Love - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2002: Azanido - (Techniques Records)
• 2002: 2 Much - (Annex)
• 2002: All the Girls - (Annex)
• 2002: A Wah Sun - (BRAT Productions)
• 2002: She Have the Whole a It - (Hot Tracks)
• 2002: Up to Date - (G-String Music)
• 2002: Lion Fi Roar - (True Blue Family)
• 2002: Oh Girl - (Heights of Heights)
• 2002: Living Up - (Q45)
• 2002: The Struggling On - In the Streetz Records
• 2002: Like Mountain - (Firehouse Crew)
• 2002: Show Love - (Rising Sun Records)
• 2002: African Children - (Manatee Records)
• 2002: Always Think About Girl - (Hands & Heart)
• 2002: Just Through My Love - (Hall Productions)
• 2002: Solid as a Rock - (Platinum)
• 2002: Girls Dem Cute - (Annex)
• 2002: Love You - (Fire Ball Records)
• 2002: Kick Dem - (Annex)
• 2002: Grabon - (Annex)
• 2002: Condemn - (Annex)
• 2002: Pure Love - ( Germaican Records )
• 2002: Thanks And Praise - (John John Records)
• 2002: Baby Love - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2002: Cherish Da Love - (Hands & Heart)
• 2002: Crush Dem Out - (Luster Kings)
• 2002: Lion Paw - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2002: Perfect One - (Vibes Corner Productions)
• 2002: Love So Pure - (Xplicit Productions)
• 2002: Real Top Natch - (Vietnam Records)
• 2002: That's Right - (Heights of Heights)
• 2002: Hard - (Awful Music)
• 2002: Treat You Like a Lady - (Energy Production)
• 2002: Push It Up - (Mo 'Music Productions)
• 2002: Sha-La-La - (Royal Blend)
• 2002: Two Hot 2 Handle - (John Shop Records)
• 2002: Volcano - (Reggae Central)
• 2002: Can't Touch Mi Turf - (Golden Cartel Records)
• 2002: No Dis Like Book - (Massive B)
• 2003: Just One of Those Days - (VP-Records)
• 2003: Can't Keep Us Down - ( Pow Pow Productions )
• 2003: Children of Today - (CJ Records)
• 2003: Subterranean Homesick Blues - (Ras Jamaica)
• 2003: Live Up - (Ino Ino Records)
• 2003: Dam Rude - (Vikings Production)
• 2003: Show the Interest - (Germaican Records)
• 2003: Good Things - (John Shop Records)
• 2003: Why Should I - (Digital-B)
• 2003: Peculiar Treasure - (Kariang Records)
• 2003: Smiling Faces - (Sweet Sadie's Production)
• 2003: There She Goes - (Mo 'Music Productions)
• 2003: Rally Rally - (Creation Star Music)
• 2003: Watch How - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2003: Rock My World - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2003: Give Me a Cry - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2003: These Are the Days - (Blaxxx Records)
• 2003: Love an Affection - (Massive B)
• 2003: Your Love Is - (Fire Ball Records)
• 2003: Don't Have Jah - (Baby Father Records)
• 2003: I Was Born / All Is Well / Give Me a Try - (Greensleeves Records)
• 2003: Just You And Me - (Creation Star Music)
• 2003: Can't Stop This - (17a)
• 2003: Can't Stop Loving You - (Bigga Headz Production)
• 2003: Peace - (Jam II Records)
• 2003: Let's Go - (Pow Pow Productions)
• 2003: Black Supreme - (Free Willy)
• 2003: Subterranean Homesick Blues - (Kariang Records)
• 2003: Let the Children Live - ( Jammy's Records )
• 2003: Making Sad Mistake - (Free Willy)
• 2003: Never Stop Loving You - (Diplomat Inc.)
• 2003: Wild World - (Beat Ruut Music)
• 2003: I'll Be There For You - (V1 Records)
• 2003: Properly Attired - (Pure Music Productions)
• 2003: To the Top - (Stone Love)
• 2003: Destroy Them - (Kic 'For Kic' Records)
• 2003: Real People - (XTerminator)
• 2003: Be Like Us - (Platinum Power Productions)
• 2003: Pure & Strong - (Kariang Records)
• 2003: That's OK - (South Block)
• 2003: Praise Jah And Live - (Ras-I Records)
• 2003: Whe Dem Want - (Big League Productions)
• 2003: Talk About - (Irie Vibes)
• 2003: Step Pan Dem - (John John Records)
• 2003: Sexual Appeal - (Mark of the West)
• 2003: Panty Raid - (Awful Music)
• 2003: Love Me - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2003: It's Burning - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2003: Wealthy Rich - (Hot-A-Tac)
• 2003: If We No Love - (Reggae Central)
• 2003: Too Hot Remix - (John Shop Records)
• 2003: Give Thanks to Jah - (Cali Bud)
• 2003: The Love You Are Showing - (Big Stone Productions)
• 2003: Holy Mount Zion - (Blacker Dread)
• 2003: Famous - (Sajay)
• 2003: Bad Company - (Kings of Kings)
• 2003: Obstacles - (Germaican Records)
• 2004: Nuh Can't Do Wi - (Fre $ ha $)
• 2004: Take Control - (Star Trail)
• 2004: Jah Never Fail I - (Massive B)
• 2004: Scream - (Rattler Records)
• 2004: Only Takes Love - (South Rakkas Crew)
• 2004: Baby - (Togetherness Records)
• 2004: Damn - (Ajah Records)
• 2004: Just One of Those Days - (Digital-B)
• 2004: Good Over Evil - (Special Delivery Music)
• 2004: Think of It - (H2O Productions)
• 2004: Free - (Down Sound Records)
• 2004: Love So Real - (Hi-Score Music)
• 2004: I'm So Blessed - (Rize'n Entertainment)
• 2004: Got It Right Here - (Digital-B)
• 2004: Girl Your Mine - (Xtremist)
• 2004: Fat Stuff - (In Time Music)
• 2004: I'LL Always Love You - (Germaican Records)
• 2004: Love For You - (Dirt Worx Entertainment)
• 2004: Precious Gift - (Jamstyle Records)
• 2004: Truth - (Firehouse Crew)
• 2004: What a Scene - (Ice-Berg Records)
• 2004: For You - (5th Element Records)
• 2004: Love And Care - (Voice Stream Production)
• 2004: Kick Dem Out - (Red Dragon Music)
• 2004: Woman a Request It - (Roaring Lion Records)
• 2004: Just Be Clean - (KT Records)
• 2004: Heart Mind And Soul - (KT Records)
• 2004: The People Are Suffering - (KT Records)
• 2004: Render Your Heart - (Kennedy International Records)
• 2004: Much More - (Al.Ta.Fa.An.)
• 2004: All Is Well - (Vendetta Records)
• 2004: Bad Mind And Corrupt - (Sajay)
• 2004: Wrath - (Black House Records)
• 2004: Run Out Pon Dem - (Jah Snowcone)
• 2004: Disrespect - (Vendetta Records)
• 2004: Push & Shove - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2004: Be Strong - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2004: Smokin Herbs - (Massive B)
• 2005: Where RU Running To - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2005: Moving On - (9 Sounds Klik)
• 2005: Kick Dem - (RMC Records)
• 2005: Fun Time - (Hands & Heart)
• 2005: Love - (WWW.Flavasquadent Com)
• 2005: Shake Up Yu Na Na - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2005: Jah Protect My Life - (In the Streetz Records)
• 2005: Get Dem Girl - (S&B Productions)
• 2005: Long, Long, Long - (Rising Sun Records)
• 2005: Don't Dis - (Opera House)
• 2005: Daily - (John John Records)
• 2005: Got It Going On - (Free Willy)
• 2005: No Bed of Roses - (Broken Language Production)
• 2005: Blessing - (Zarek)
• 2005: Cut And Clear - (Reggae Central)
• 2005: Hear Dem Talking - (Bread Back Productions)
• 2005: Better Way Out - (Harmodio)
• 2005: Flare Dem Up - (North Pole)
• 2005: Marijuana - (Mo Fire Records)
• 2005: Come Give Me Love - (Delperies Records)
• 2005: Girl Come And See Me - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2005: Good Morning - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2005: Righteouness - (Down Sound Records)
• 2005: Greater Than Hate - (FIP Records)
• 2005: Mount Zion - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2005: Be Like Us - (Firecracker Records)
• 2005: Pretty Girls - (Dem Yute Deh Music)
• 2005: Give Jah Thanx - (Massive B)
• 2005: I'm Free - (Master One Productions)
• 2005: Race Up - (Alto Lindo)
• 2005: All I Want - (Greensleeves Records)
• 2005: Den Why - (Don Corleon Records)
• 2005: Don't Judge - (Clique Muzique)

Web links

• Sizzla - Black Nation Building. Article and interview with Sizzla from the reggae magazine Riddim (01/2008)
• Sizzla at laut.de
• Sizzla at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} after biography on laut.de , see under web links (accessed on July 24, 2008)
2. ↑ Biography on Answers.com
3. ↑ The Early Years ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official biography on the Sizzla website 
4. ↑ The "New" Kalonji ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official biography on the Sizzla website 
5. ↑ Biography on Allmusic
6. ↑ Operation King Fish ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official biography on the Sizzla website. 
7. ↑ Judgment Yard ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official biography on the Sizzla website 
8. ↑ Sizzla Lyrics - Nah Apologize .. In: judgmentyard.org.
9. ↑ Sizzla Lyrics - Run Out Pon Dem. ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: judgmentyard.org. 
10. ↑ Sizzla Lyrics - Get to the Point. In: judgmentyard.org.
11. ↑ Sizzla Lyrics - Pump Up Her Pum Pum…  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: judgmentyard.org.  
12. ↑ ^{a b} LSVD: LSVD fact sheet: Sizzla must stay outside, May 2, 2008, (PDF; 8 kB)
13. ↑ Riddim 01/08, text by Ellen Köhlings & Pete Lilly: Black Nation Building . Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 
14. ^ Coalition seeks ejection of reggae stars over anti-gay lyrics , CBC News September 25, 2007
15. ↑ Reggae Compassionate Act / ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Petertatchell.net 
16. ↑ Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton renounce homophobia . Article in The Guardian, June 14, 2007
17. ^ Sunday Mail Zimbabwe: King Sizzla on mission . Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2010. 
18. ↑ queer.de: Sizzla wants to continue spreading hatred . Retrieved March 3, 2010.
19. ↑ LSVD: Sizzla must stay outside May 2, 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ HOSI Vienna: [1] , May 16, 2008.
21. ↑ Spain refuses Sizzla entry , queer.de, June 2, 2008
22. ↑ ^{a b} After protests: Sizzla performance canceled. Focus Online , August 26, 2010, accessed March 12, 2011 . 
23. ↑ Johannes Radke: Homophobic hate musician in the Kulturbrauerei , Der Tagesspiegel from November 25, 2009.
24. ^ Robert Maus: Massive protest in the U-Club . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of November 24, 2009.
25. ↑ Is Sizzla allowed to spread hatred in Munich? , November 3, 2009
26. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Sizzla concert canceled twice . Retrieved November 29, 2009.
27. ^ U-Club: Demonstration against singers and for more tolerance , by Robert Maus, Westdeutsche Zeitung online from November 25, 2009 (accessed November 25, 2009)
28. ↑ Controversial concert: Acid attack on the U-Club , by Robert Maus, Westdeutsche Zeitung online from November 29, 2009 (accessed December 1, 2009)
29. ↑ Festival management bans artists (Jamica Gleaner)