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July 08, 2008
Carifest C.A.R.E.S. Cancelled
 Carifest C.A.R.E.S. scheduled for July 6, New York, has been cancelled. This years event was meant to sponsor the charitable organization Keep A Child Alive (KACA) by helping them to provide medicine and relief to African children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic, as well as increase AIDS awareness in the community.
One of the many speculations for the cancellation of the festival, apart from the rain and fog, was the lack of confidence that the patrons had in the line up of artistes. Many artistes could not be contracted for this event as anti-gay activist groups vehemently protested certain artistes and their lyrics as homophobic in nature and New York would not have them performing in their city.
Other artistes were either pulled from the line up or unable to perform for other reasons such as: making racist remarks about other artistes; namely Eek-A-Mouse, who made racist remarks attacking white Jewish reggae artiste Matisyahu. Another unnamed artiste boasted about his refusal to wearing condoms, which was not in keeping with the AIDS prevention message of the festival. There is also the concern that the Jamaican artistes were not willing to reduce their performance fees for the charitable event.
Unfortunately, the promotion team, Legendary and Alphonso D'Niscio Brooks, were unable to secure the necessary additional time from the Parks Department to facilitate band changes in order to accommodate replacement artistes. Hence, the poor ticket sales reflected the lack of support from the community who was not impressed with the less than 'star studded' line up of artistes.
Reggae Carifest N.Y.,Inc. apologizes to its patrons and assures that full refunds will be made once tickets are returned to the point of purchase.
No plans are being made to reschedule Carifest C.A.R.E.S. at this time.
Source: Brittany Somerset, Intrepid Reporter, Manhattan
Posted by yardFlex at July 8, 2008 10:40 AM
Comments
Wow!! What happened to freedom of Art & Speech?
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Posted by: FiyaWiya
on July 8, 2008 02:03 PM
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Wow!! What happened to one love & unity?
And ultimately who suffers from this idiotic fiasco, the African children. What a shame.
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Posted by: T
on July 8, 2008 03:23 PM
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free dom of what??? where u see dat in western society??? a lie..a illusion...if what u promote doesnt fall in line with the money makers then whatever your speech or art doesnt matta and is not/will never be..free
until we change the mechanikal shitstem by which this bullsh*t can tek place, it always will
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Posted by: Senne'
on July 8, 2008 03:49 PM
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Man, this is sad to me. Why didn't they think of all this before they announced the dates? And pay closer attention to who they booked? This is foolishness!!! Now look who will suffer from the lack.....Father, Please help them!
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Posted by: ahmeman
on July 8, 2008 06:18 PM
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Dem still deh pon Eek a mouse rasict,the man never say nothing rasict no raciall names or nothing more than why the white man(or should he say caucasion)control the buisness and the blackman cant get none,its a ? been asked for years,
Gwaan eeka jah nargh sleep,u c how the bangarang fest mash down,fassy dem want protest,dem no want help African yoot dem,just promote aids like Eka sey.
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Posted by: TiTi
on July 9, 2008 07:59 PM
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Are these gay groups racist are what, Why would they protest an event which will spread awareness about a dreadful disease such as AIDS/HIV. So what message are they really sending. If it's African, Black American or Caribbean children we will not support it. PPL are right about gays, they promote death and suffering. If you are not one of dem, and refuse to support their nasty life style they will continue to try and fight you down. These gays are a suffering ppl, so they enjoy seeing others suffer. Again living with yourself, after committing such dutty acts like licking each other b*tty hole, GAYS ARE A DISGRACE TO MOTHER EARTH AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER WITH OR WITHOUT CERTAIN ARTIST WHOM LICK OUT AGAINST DEM.
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Posted by: FiyaWiya
on July 10, 2008 01:13 PM
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Hey TiTi it's that kind of HATE MONGERING that got the show cancelled in the first place. Stop making an issue out of their lifestyle then they'll stop protesting the artists. Simple.
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Posted by: ahmeman
on July 12, 2008 12:18 PM
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Ur rite TiTI they want us to low there nasty lifestyle,all they do is nasty sex no family values or nothing,Fiyabarbwire is a fassy,arnt u a reggae artist also from cali or pittsburgh,u should trim if thats you,SodomNgomorah more fire like THE BIBLE SAIS,which battyguys dont read or even belive ah di devil dem to plateclaart,KaaBOOM unda demdutyyras
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