Hip Hop Starship » Reggae Star Buju Banton is arrested in Miami http://www.hiphopstarship.com Breaking Hip Hop News and Videos Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:23:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Reggae Star Buju Banton is arrested in Miami http://www.hiphopstarship.com/reggae-star-buju-banton-is-arrested-in-miami/ http://www.hiphopstarship.com/reggae-star-buju-banton-is-arrested-in-miami/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:30:44 +0000 admin http://www.hiphopstarship.com/?p=1239 Buju Banton(Mark Anthony Myrie), Jamaican reggae star is facing a drug charge in Florida and is under custody in Miami since Thursday.

Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 5kg of cocaine.

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The charge stems from a DEA case in Tampa.

Banton’s ninth album, “Rasta Got Soul,” is nominated being for a Grammy.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation did also launch an online petition protesting the nomination, with their opinion that Banton’s earlier lyrics had advocated violence against gay and transgender people.

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