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Zika Virus Keeps Beenie Man From Playing OVO Fest

11:12 AM EDT on July 31, 2016

Jamaican dancehall star Beenie Man was scheduled to headline Drake's OVO Fest in Toronto this weekend, but he was unable to perform after being denied a Canadian visa thanks to a Zika diagnosis. In an Instagram post, as The FADER reports, he reveals that he is also suffering from dengue fever. "Blood test, injections, pills," he writes. "Wi a hol firm still. Selassie a guide I n I right through so once mi have life me a give thanks."

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