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Is contemporary reggae music being used by black males as a form of personal expression to promote homophobic values as a dominant ideology? With reference to the Reggae sub genre, Dancehall.

Homophobia has always been a dominant ideology within the black community, with the slightest mentioning of homosexuality envoking sour faces and harsh words its no suprise that young black males are using their power and influence as musical artists to promote their own perspectives on the issue through the vessell known as the increasingly popular reggae sub genre, Dancehall. But with songs such as Elephant Man's 'Log On', Buju Banton's 'Boom Bye Bye' and Capleton's 'Bun Out Di Chi Chi' calling for the death of homosexuals, surely artists are conforming to the Hypodemic needle model created by The Frankfurt School of theorists taking advantage of passive audiences who fall victim to cultural homogenisation as they are being injected the homophobic attitudes that have been constructed by the Dancehall artists.