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Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has pleaded not guilty to a drug charge in a Florida federal court.

"Murder music" reggae artist Buju Banton, whose song 'Boom Bye Bye,' about killing gays, led to boycotts against his most recent U.S. tour Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has been moved to Tampa in advance of a federal court appearance on drug charges.

The Grammy-nominated Banton has been moved from a jail in Miami to Tampa, where he is due to appear in court Thursday.

Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae star whose anti-gay lyrics have drawn international criticism, is in a federal lockup in Miami, facing drug conspiracy charges.

He conquered dancehall. He mastered reggae and now Junior Don is jumping onboard the soca bandwagon.

REGGAE artiste Buju Banton has re-entered Billboard, following his recent arrest in the US, which hiked his online presence.

Trinidadian diaspora blogger Afrobella blogs about reggae superstar Buju Banton at his best and worst, prompting Jamaican Annie Paul to respond: "Just as youhave pointed out the good and bad sides of Bujuit's necessary also to nuance what homosexuality represents in cultures such as Jamaica, that homosexuality too has its good and bad sides, to ...

Could support in the Jamaican community in South Florida for jailed reggae star Buju Banton be waning? Veteran Jamaican broadcaster Jamaican Winston Barnes, news director at the WAVS AM radio station in Fort Lauderdale, he said based on the tone of callers to his daily 'Open Mic' show, this may be the case.

Gargamel Music Incorporated has announced their full support for their star reggae artist Buju Banton, who was arrested December 10 on federal drug conspiracy charges.

"What a plot dem a plot 'gainst I and I..." sang Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers in 1983.

Grammy nominated Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight a drug charge against him in Tampa instead of Miami.

Dionne Williamson, Buju's 'sister in spirit'. - Photo by Tennesia Malcolm "IF IT was ganja, we would understand," said 58-year-old Daphne King from her gate at 47 Whitehall Avenue, Kingston 8, next door to the premises where embattled reggae artiste Buju Banton is said to have spent many of his childhood days.

There is an update to the case of anti-gay "murder music" singer Buju Banton, who has been jailed in Miami on federal drug conspiracy charges.

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The silver Land Rover pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant on Fruitville Road at 1:30 p.m. The license plate read "JAH ONE" and behind the wheel was Buju Banton, a 36-year-old reggae singer from Jamaica.

Is U.S. law enforcement really cracking down on Buju Banton's right to free speech as they arrest him on possession and intent to distribute charges after finding him with five kilos of coke? That's one theory be floated by his associates.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration said that Reggae artiste Buju Banton and two other men were arrested in an undercover operation in Florida that ran over four days and during which the deejay made an attempt to taste cocaine that they sought to buy from an undercover cop.

Internationally known reggae star. Gay basher. Grammy nominee. And now accused drug trafficker.

The recession-era tale "Up in the Air" led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

International reggae superstar Buju Banton is facing the fight of his life with the revelation that United States drug enforcement agents have recordings of his participation in a cocaine deal.