Songs that are not homophobic, despite their titles


Batty Rider (1992) – Buju Banton
.....Album: Strictly The Best Volume 7 (September 9, 1992) (VP Records)
.....Album: Mr Mention (June 8, 1993) (Fader/Pdg Records)
.....Album: The Early Years (90-95) (September 4, 2001) (VP Records)
.....Album: Just Ragga Volume 1 (December 3, 2002) (Charm Records)
.....Album: Dancehall 101, Volume 1 (August 29, 2000) (VP Records)
.....Single: Batty Rider (1992) (Penthouse Records) (riddim: Batty Rider)
.....Lyrics: Found
.....NOTE: Recorded the same year as 'Boom Bye Bye', I originally tought it was another anti-gay song. With a title like that, no wonder why! In May 2008, someone wrote me that this song is in fact about women's tight underwear. I same month, I found the lyrics in, which confirms his claim. UrbanDictionary.com has the following definition for Batty Rider: 'very small and tight female shorts, which allow you to see a womans butt cheeks (batty) hence the name'.

Bun Him (2005) – Macka Diamond feat. Black-er
.....Album: Riddim Driven: Wild 2 Nite (April 18, 2006) (VP Records)
.....Album: Reggae Gold 2006 (June 20, 2006) (VP Records)
.....Single: Bun Him (2005) (Big Yard Records) (Wild 2 Nite riddim)
.....Lyrics: Not found
.....NOTE: I originally had a doubt about this one... but someone pointed out the meaning of the song: 'Bun Him' tells the tale of a woman whose boyfriend is cheating on her and she is at wit's end. Black-er is playing the devils advocate by encouraging Macka to "bun him" or, roughly translated, cheat on him'.

Fag Inna Closet (1999) – Tanya Stephens (aka: Fag In A Closet)
.....Album: Good Living (May 4, 2000) (T.P. Records)
.....Album: Dancehall Selection 2000 (May 23, 2000) (T.P. Records)
.....Album: Hip Hop & Reggae Compilation (August 29, 2000) (T.P. Records)
.....Album: Hip Hop Dancehall (July 19, 2005) (VP Records)
.....Single: Fag Inna Closet (7-inch records) (1999) (Finatic Records) (riddim: Good Living)
.....Single: Badman Knowledge (CD single) (April 17, 2000) (T.P. Records)
.....Lyrics: Not found
.....NOTE: With a title like that, I would assumed it' wasn't a very nice song, but a gay dancehall fan from Switzerland pointed out to me that it was instead a very gay-friendly song, in Jamaican standards. He says that in the song, Tanya Stephens sings: "I do not care what they do with their batty".
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Used to be in the list of homophobic songs
but someone point it to me that it was a mistake

Une etoile + Unknown track (1996) – Pierpoljak
.....Album: A la campagne (1996) (Barclay Records)
.....Lyrics: Not found
.....NOTE: The last song of the album has an unknown track, right after the song UNE ETOILE. Originally, I had insert this song in the Reggae Songs with References or Criticism Homosexuality, but someone wrote me in April 2011 explaining that instead of being pejorative it was more a positive song for gay men. He writes "This song is more gay-friendly than homophobic... He tells a story about a white police man who is a corrupted creep: so he hits the toxicos (men who take hard drugs), he bits colored people (black & arabian), and finally rapes a gay, then he’s put in jail for his rape and he is himself hited and raped by the jailers, so Pierpoljak (aka PK) sings in chorus: justice is done, that’s what this song".