Buju Banton Celebrates His Last Birthday Behind Bars

On Sunday July 15th the Grammy award winning artist Buju Banton, who is currently incarcerated at the McRae Correctional Facility in Georgia, will celebrate his 45th birthday. “It’s not an easy road” were the words Buju sang on one of his most popular tracks from his 1995 Til Shiloh album. “Many see the glamour and the glitter so they think a bed a rose/ Me say who feels it knows/ Oh Lord help me sustain these blows.”

For the past 9 years, Buju Banton has served time for a crime he still profess his innocence after being arrested in his home in Florida and eventually convicted of drug-related charges. Despite his absence from recording, his music still remain a staple within reggae and dancehall music and some may say his demand across the world is bigger than ever before.

A$AP Rocky recently named him “one of my favorite reggae rappers,” while DJ Khaled stated “I love Buju so much. His music is like praying.” As this mark a milestone for Buju Banton, being his 45th birthday, for his fans and family this will be his last birthday he spend incarcerated. With a December 8th 2018 release date, the anticipation is high and persons are preparing to be apart of any show headlining Buju Banton.

In recent conversation with a US based media outlet BoomShots, Buju had a message for his fans “Give a shout out to the fans for me. Tell them I send my love and I tell them: Do not be distracted by all the things that are taking place around them because it is designed to throw them off kilter and plunge people into a state of darkness…The people are suffering. Sadness and gloom is prevailing. Its widespread. But be patient. Because suffering may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.”