A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

[jah_yout]

Re: memba dis one Tanya

money is a ting eenh...

merca used cocaine profits to help fund the contra war in the 80's, employing inner-city gangsters;
as far as personal use of the white lady...hey everyone has a choice...
but fiyah haffi bun pon dis white powder ting from this end...
no way no how buju belong inna dat argiment...
hopefully the real story eventually comes out

[Panajar]

Re: memba dis one Tanya

cant unda estimate de powa of money, de tour didnt go too well,money wise,because a the cancellation .

[Tuff Gong]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">u know TG di fact dat is coke is not wat surprise since nuff ranking Ras hook pon, use fi hook pon coke...waat surprise me is daat Buju name cawl up wid it...fi real... </div></div>

Even though coke is prevalent there are certain Artists that you could imagine pride and will-power would prevent them from touching the white-lady. When them seh im taste it I almost don't want to believe that, but we will see when he gets his day in court.

My thinking is if in fact dealing, he was doing it as a favour to some of his backers in an effort to offset some of the cost of his whole operation. </div></div>

i still smell a set up...

perhaps some shady promoter with some prison time to work off sign up as informer...
the prize being gay public enemy #1 </div></div>

That way yes but consider this. If he went as far as testing the thing and being present I don't know if it wasn't something that he would done every time he got the opportunity.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

Now why would he and not one or both of the buyers be the one testing drugs that <span style="font-weight: bold">he</span> is selling?
What reason is there for him to be testing the drug?

You mean that the men who are buying it, needed him to prove that it was good stuff by him and not one of them tasting it??

this story gets murkier and murkier. He test drug that he was selling,.
then they said he was selling it. Now his defence lawyer said he was accused of selling it.
This is like the usual jim crow trials .
the difference is that they usually lynch him instead of sending him to jail to be sodomized.

[diabolical_Tanya]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now why would he and not one or both of the buyers be the one testing drugs that <span style="font-weight: bold">he</span> is selling?
What reason is there for him to be testing the drug?

You mean that the men who are buying it, needed him to prove that it was good stuff by him and not one of them tasting it??

this story gets murkier and murkier. He test drug that he was selling,.
then they said he was selling it. Now his defence lawyer said he was accused of selling it.
This is like the usual jim crow trials .
the difference is that they usually lynch him instead of sending him to jail to be sodomized. </div></div>my understanding is that he is accused of buying to sell/traffic.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now why would he and not one or both of the buyers be the one testing drugs that <span style="font-weight: bold">he</span> is selling?
What reason is there for him to be testing the drug?

You mean that the men who are buying it, needed him to prove that it was good stuff by him and not one of them tasting it??

this story gets murkier and murkier. He test drug that he was selling,.
then they said he was selling it. Now his defence lawyer said he was accused of selling it.
This is like the usual jim crow trials .
the difference is that they usually lynch him instead of sending him to jail to be sodomized. </div></div>my understanding is that he is accused of buying to sell/traffic. </div></div>

LOL I wonder where he got the argument about selling rather than attempting to purchase?
Maybe he should wait before him start assume...yaah think?

[diabolical_Tanya]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now why would he and not one or both of the buyers be the one testing drugs that <span style="font-weight: bold">he</span> is selling?
What reason is there for him to be testing the drug?

You mean that the men who are buying it, needed him to prove that it was good stuff by him and not one of them tasting it??

this story gets murkier and murkier. He test drug that he was selling,.
then they said he was selling it. Now his defence lawyer said he was accused of selling it.
This is like the usual jim crow trials .
the difference is that they usually lynch him instead of sending him to jail to be sodomized. </div></div>my understanding is that he is accused of buying to sell/traffic. </div></div>

LOL I wonder where he got the argument about selling rather than attempting to purchase?
Maybe he should wait before him start assume...yaah think? </div></div>well TG more time mi juss figure him deh pan a nxt planet because clearly fi him logic/intelligence is waaaaaay above fi mi

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: A wonda if a set, dem set up Buju ?

I get it from RJR news.
according to his attorney, he was accused of selling it, nit buying it. that is why it is conflicting to me. If his lawyer say he was supposed to be selling, why is the other media sources claiming that he was suppose to be buying?<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now why would he and not one or both of the buyers be the one testing drugs that <span style="font-weight: bold">he</span> is selling?
What reason is there for him to be testing the drug?

You mean that the men who are buying it, needed him to prove that it was good stuff by him and not one of them tasting it??

this story gets murkier and murkier. He test drug that he was selling,.
then they said he was selling it. Now his defence lawyer said he was accused of selling it.
This is like the usual jim crow trials .
the difference is that they usually lynch him instead of sending him to jail to be sodomized. </div></div>my understanding is that he is accused of buying to sell/traffic. </div></div>

LOL I wonder where he got the argument about selling rather than attempting to purchase?
Maybe he should wait before him start assume...yaah think? </div></div>

[Xavier]

For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

Source: Miami Herald
Writer: Jacqueline Charles

<span style="font-weight: bold">For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future</span>
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton remains in a federal lockup on drug charges while his fans are in shock.


Internationally known reggae star. Gay basher. Grammy nominee.

And now accused drug trafficker.

As news of the drug arrest of Jamaican artist Buju Banton rocked the reggae world and burned up U.S. urban blogs, one word described the reaction in Miami and his Caribbean homeland: Shock.

``Everybody's surprised, everybody's saying it's got to be a set-up,'' said dancehall reggae artist Red Rat, who collaborated with Banton on the 1997 reggae hit Love Dem Bad.

``We don't know Buju as that type of person,'' Rat, who splits his time between Miami and Jamaica, told The Miami Herald. ``We know Buju as the revolutionary that he is, the one who sings about love and uplifting yourself as a people in the dancehall reggae world. Yeah he did Boom Bye Bye, but that was a young Buju.''

Boom Bye Bye is viewed by gay-rights advocates as an anti-gay anthem because of its lyrics advocating shooting gays in the head and setting them on fire. It made and continues to make Buju Banton a target of protests by gays and lesbians who as recently as this month ratched up their protests against the artist after the Grammy announced his latest album, Rasta Got Soul, was nominated for Best Reggae Album.

Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, remained in federal detention in Miami on Monday awaiting transfer to Tampa, where he faces a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.

On Monday, in South Florida and Jamaica, callers burned up radio airwaves, calling the arrest a ``conspiracy'' to get him after his recent controversy that included protests by local gay-rights advocates over a Halloween concert in downtown Miami.

``They are convinced it's directly connected to the concert he had recently,'' said Winston Barnes, a Miramar city commissioner and host of a popular Jamaican talk show on WAVS (1170-AM). ``What they are saying is that he got off that time and they are fixing him now.''

Barnes tried without success to reason with callers, most of whom also viewed the arrest as an attack on reggae music. ``It is one big mess.''

In Jamaica, people clamored for details of the arrest, decrying it on radio and on street corners.

``A lot of people are wondering if it has any links with the fight against him,'' well-known Jamaican dub poet Mutabaruka said from Kingston. ``We are trying to get more information.''

Last fall, several of Banton's concerts were canceled in U.S. cities amid protests from gays and lesbians. Even a face-to-face meeting with some gay-rights activists in San Francisco in October failed to end the protests.

One of the most prolific, and yet controversial reggae artists, Banton defines the music born in the ghettos of Jamaica, made famous by Bob Marley and taken to new heights by artists who have sped it up and made it popular in nightclubs and mainstream radio.

Instead of gay-bashing lyrics, Banton has now become known among his fans for his music with a message, verses that put culture in dancehall.

But now it's his drug charges shining the spotlight on him.

Banton was arrested at his home in Tamarac on Thursday, three days after he allegedly spoke with a confidential source about traveling to Sarasota to obtain ``kilogram amounts of cocaine,'' according to the criminal complaint filed in federal court.

The complaint said that at about 12:45 p.m. Dec. 8, Banton and a woman entered La Tropicana de Havana restaurant to meet with a confidential source. He was later joined by Ian Thomas, also arrested and charged. The negotiations was taped.

Later at a police-controlled warehouse, Banton was handed a knife and ``instantly wiped the blade of the knife with his finger and placed that finger into his mouth in what appeared to be an attempt to taste the cocaine. After viewing the cocaine, Myrie and Thomas continue to negotiate with the [confidential source] for them to obtain multiple kilograms of cocaine.''

Two days later, Thomas was arrested along with James Mack, aka Spencer Clarke, at the same warehouse after they arrived with money to purchase seven kilograms of cocaine.

``Conservatively speaking, we're looking in the 20- to 30-year range,'' said David P. Rowe, a criminal defense lawyer in Broward, who has been contacted about representing Banton. ``I think a plea bargain, if he has information, might be a good course of action.

``Hopefully, the federal government will take into account that he is a reggae icon, and a cultural leader in Jamaica. Those are subjective factors but ones that should be taken into account. He really has been a source of inspiration for so many Jamaican youths.''

Banton's management has not returned calls.

``People are in shock,'' said DJ Irie, of 99 JAMZ and Miami Heat DJ who knows Banton. ``The man is still extremely relevant, he's still making relevant music, he's still touring. He's earning great money.''

While Irie puts Banton in the top 10 most well-known reggae artists outside Jamaica,former 99 JAMZ DJ Papa Keith says ``he is reggae music.''

``He's in the same breath as Bob Marley. He's up there with Shabba. If you don't know Buju, you know about him because of the whole gay-rights issue. Hundreds of artists have sang anti-gay songs, but he's the one who carried the criticism on his back. He's been the biggest target.''

[evanovitch]

Re: For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

like mi seh , nobody no wan believe dis of Buju...mi juss done wid yaad n it is being said dat is set up....juss like mi seh, Buju no ha dis rep fi dis sort of drug...no sah...neva before...

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

One thing I say that gays in Jamaica is up fopt r a very scary time.
They are going to get the backlash if he goes down for it. yet they most of them have nothing to do with it.. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">like mi seh , nobody no wan believe dis of Buju...mi juss done wid yaad n it is being said dat is set up....juss like mi seh, Buju no ha dis rep fi dis sort of drug...no sah...neva before... </div></div>

[Tuff Gong]

Re: For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

If this is true you wonder if Buju never stop for a moment and think about what happened to Junior Reed's career after he was accused of trafficking or even Ninja Man who had difficulty travelling after the gun possession charge.

If one thing rings true with Buju though it how he can put a public face out there while showing another one at his concerts. So maybe this was just one of his other facets.

[Derek]

Re: memba dis one Tanya

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Panajar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">cant unda estimate de powa of money, <span style="font-weight: bold">de tour didnt go too well,money wise,because a the cancellation</span> . </div></div>

So, if he is guilty, maybe he was doing a favour for some man dem, and he'd get a change out of it?

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

No second court appearance yet for Buju Banton
Monday, 14 December 2009

Buju Banton.Reggae star Buju Banton remains in a South Florida lock up Monday afternoon following his arrest last Thursday.

RJR News reported Sunday morning that the entertainer, whose given name is Mark Myrie, was arrested in Florida by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

He was held with two other persons, named as Ian Thomas and James Jackson Mack.

The US District Attorney is charging Buju Banton with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Defence attorney David Rowe has disclosed that the federal complaint alleges that three persons including Buju Banton <span style="font-size: 14pt"> tried to sell cocaine to undercover federal agents.</span>

&quot;The two individuals Mr. Thomas and Mr. Myrie actually cut the cocaine package open inspected it and Mr. Myrie actually tasted it to determine if it was genuine cocaine or not and then left and made further arrangements for the purchase of cocaine and a great deal of this are audio and video taped,&quot; Mr. Rowe said. </span>

Defence Attorney Professor David Rowe speaking with RJR's Hotline host Richard Crawford.

And Public Information Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration Dave Melenkevitz told RJR News this morning the artiste was in court on Friday where his case was mentioned.

He will return to court when he is transferred to Tampa.

&quot;I don't have that information. I don't believe that he will be in court today. I believe he went Friday and he won't get another court appearance until he gets up to Tampa,&quot; said Mr. Melenkevitz

He said he does not know when the transfer will take place as that is the duty of the US Marshal.

The artiste, whose album &quot;Rasta Got Soul&quot; was nominated in the Reggae Category for this year's Grammy awards, has been locked in a bitter feud with gay rights activists who claim his lyrics incite violence against them.

[RichD]

Re: For reggae's Buju Banton, a cloudy future (More details)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No second court appearance yet for Buju Banton
Monday, 14 December 2009

Buju Banton.Reggae star Buju Banton remains in a South Florida lock up Monday afternoon following his arrest last Thursday.

RJR News reported Sunday morning that the entertainer, whose given name is Mark Myrie, was arrested in Florida by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

He was held with two other persons, named as Ian Thomas and James Jackson Mack.

<span style="font-weight: bold">The US District Attorney is charging Buju Banton with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.</span>

Defence attorney David Rowe has disclosed that the federal complaint alleges that three persons including Buju Banton tried to sell cocaine to undercover federal agents.

&quot;The two individuals Mr. Thomas and Mr. Myrie actually cut the cocaine package open inspected it and Mr. Myrie actually tasted it to determine if it was genuine cocaine or not and then left and made further arrangements for the purchase of cocaine and a great deal of this are audio and video taped,&quot; Mr. Rowe said. [/b]

Defence Attorney Professor David Rowe speaking with RJR's Hotline host Richard Crawford.

And Public Information Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration Dave Melenkevitz told RJR News this morning the artiste was in court on Friday where his case was mentioned.

He will return to court when he is transferred to Tampa.

&quot;I don't have that information. I don't believe that he will be in court today. I believe he went Friday and he won't get another court appearance until he gets up to Tampa,&quot; said Mr. Melenkevitz

He said he does not know when the transfer will take place as that is the duty of the US Marshal.

The artiste, whose album &quot;Rasta Got Soul&quot; was nominated in the Reggae Category for this year's Grammy awards, has been locked in a bitter feud with gay rights activists who claim his lyrics incite violence against them.



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poor journalism