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Buju Banton
Buju Banton
Banton has recorded pop and dance tunes, along with tunes coping with sociopolitical issues. From the mid-1990s, Banton had converted to the Rastafari religion, and his music undertook a more religious tone. His 2010 record “Before the Dawn” won Best Reggae Album in the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Banton attained international notoriety early on in his career for the anti-homosexual track “Boom Bye Bye”, along with for his 2009 arrest and conviction in America on drug conspiracy and firearms charges, that he is serving a ten-year federal prison sentence. He’s scheduled to be released January 2019. Banton was subsequently transferred to the Pinellas County Jail where he stayed until trial. A six day trial in Tampa, Florida was declared a mistrial on 27 September 2010, subsequent to the jury was not able to reach a unanimous decision. During the trial, audio recordings were presented of Banton as well as a drug dealer-turned-government-informant discussing medications, drug costs and smuggling. Banton was likewise seen on a video recording assembly the informant in a police-managed warehouse tasting cocaine from a kilogram bag. The informant was allegedly paid $50,000 for his work on the case. The vocalist premiered that November on bond, as well as a new trial was scheduled for February 2011 after prosecutors won reindictment. He was represented by well known attorney David Oscar Markus, who hung the initial jury 7-5 for acquittal. Banton gained international notoriety for the anti-gay track "Boom Bye Bye" early on in his career, as well as for his 2009 arrest and conviction in the United States on drug conspiracy and firearms charges, for which he is currently serving a ten-year federal prison sentence. He is scheduled to be released in December 2018.
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