Jul 29, 2014
Noisey released an unofficial music video for “Beautiful Girl,” by incarcerated reggae singer Vybz Kartel. Noisey found a socially progressive way to blend widely popular dancehall with footage from "The Gully Queens of New Kingston," an upcoming documentary that focuses on the growing underground community of gay & transgendered people living in Jamaica’s storm drain system. What should have been a time of growth for a musical culture shadowed by male chauvinism and blatant homophobia is just another example of why progress is oft a slow process.
Side Note: With every arduous step taken on the road less traveled we ease the journey for those who seek to follow.
