Beenie Man faces tax evasion charges
AP, Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm PDTA Jamaican judge released Grammy winning musician Beenie Man on $21,100 bail Monday after he appeared in court on tax evasion charges.
The 34-year-old Kingston native broke onto the U.S. charts in 1998 with the hit single "Who Am I" and accompanying album "Many Moods of Moses."
Jamaican authorities say the singer and rapper, whose real name is Anthony Moses Davis, owes about $661,000 in overdue taxes in his Caribbean homeland. He is due back in court Dec. 3.
In 2001, he won a Grammy for his album "Art and Life."
Recently, Beenie Man has come under pressure from gay rights groups in Britain and the U.S. who say some songs have anti-gay lyrics.
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