KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Jamaican judge released Grammy winning musician Beenie Man on $21,100 bail Monday after he appeared in court on tax evasion charges.

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.

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."

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.