Beenie Man Apologizes for Disrespecting Church.
Kingston, Jamaica: Oct 3, 2007 After being sued by the St. Andrew's Parish Church in Jamaica 'Beenie Man' has offered a public apology to its members for filming in its cemetery without permission. A statement yesterday quoted Beenie as saying he is "emphatically sorry about the misunderstanding that has arisen and wants the Christian fraternity who are incensed about the videotaping to know that he would never knowingly do anything demeaning to offend the Christian or no other doctrine." He also apologized to relatives of the deceased whose remains are entered in the church's cemetery. "The King of the Dancehall" said he along with the video crew take full responsibility for their actions and regret that they hadn't gotten the necessary permission. But he said that even though they agreed to pull all the video clips after an injunction was taken out to stop it bring shown. An injunction was filed by church officials on Friday, September 28, which Davis' statement said was due to "a late miscommunication between the hosts of the popular entertainment programme ER aired on TVJ and Beenie Man's production team which resulted in the video being shown the same night." The video was recorded for Beenie Man's singles 'Mama's Cry/Gangsta's Prayer' and is a depiction of the crime and violence now taking place in the society. Davis said he was tired of seeing how many people and friends of his are ending up in the grave and it is his way of showing his condemnation of the murders and violence. The church's injunction effectively bars the defendants from publishing, broadcasting or releasing for publication or broadcast in any audiovisual media the music video films or other visual images recorded by Beenie Man's production team. The matter is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court on October 11th.

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