The inquisition of Buju Banton, Gully vs Gaza, Lisa Hype bleaching and blowing, pencil foot boys, and Shebada Representations of a monolithically homophobic Jamaica are disintegrating. While international gay rights groups clumsily forced cancellations of Jamaican performances worldwide, Shebada made paper and did more to challenge internal stereotypes than any foreign protest. Shebada, (aka Keith Ramsey) is a fixture of Jamaica’s thriving roots comedy circuit and undeniably the most popular batty boy in the nation’s… [read more »]