Starting in September 5 performances where advertised in Florida for Buju Banton, the notorious singer whose lyrics call for the torture and murder of gay people.

His song "Boom Bye Bye" is about pouring acid on gay people, "burning them up bad like an old tire wheel", and shooting them in the head with an AK-47. He also sings "Anytime Buju Banton come, f--gots get up and run ... they have to die".

So far, due to an outpouring of opposition from Equality Florida members and community allies, management at the venues in Tampa and Orlando have canceled; the Tallahassee event in now listed as withdrawn on the Eventful.com website; Jacksonville management has not responded and Toyota has dropped it's sponsorship of the Miami event.

Buju Banton is scheduled to perform Saturday night at Reggae Bash 2009 hosted by the city owned Knight Center.

While other cities in Florida and across the country have canceled Buju Banton concerts, the Knight Center has not yet responded. We're calling upon the City of Miami and the Knight center to take a stand against hate.