Janet Jackson has apologised to her huge following of gay fans for performing a duet with reggae star Beenie Man.

Reggae artist Bounty Killer has decided to answer back lyrically to the assault by gay rights groups on reggae music, by releasing a new tune directly on the largest dancehall reggae site in the world - dancehallreggae.com.

Elephant Man and Spragga Benz now have one more trophy each to add to their collection.

Reggae, the music associated with replace feelings, dreadlocks and sunsplash, was dried up and gone, replaced by dancehall techno-drivel that had no place on home stereo equipment.

Jamaican dancehall act Bounty Killer has lashed out at the media in his usual hard-core manner for portraying Grammy-winning DJ Beenie Man's apology to gay rights campaigners as bowing to the homosexual campaigners.

This is the final of a two-part feature on the debate on anti-gay lyrics in dancehall music. Part one was published yesterday.

In recent months, particularly since the death of noted gay activist Brian Williamson, gay activists, led by Outrage, have been falling over themselves to fill international media houses with anti-dancehall propaganda. Dancehall music is labeled 'hate music' and 'murder music' in an international context where the term 'hate speech' has very negative connotations.

Sections of the Jamaican music industry responded mostly favourable yesterday to news from major corporate sponsors that they would no longer support events involving artistes who continue to incite violence through their lyrics and performances.

Anthony B IS not known to back down with his words. With nearly a decade passing since he took on the government with the track 'Fire Pon Rome', things are slightly different.

Corporate sponsors are threatening to withdraw support from the local entertainment industry if dancehall artistes continue to make violent lyrics a part of their musical repertoire.