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“Where does true reggae go from here?” I asked myself this question, when the news came this morning that Buju Banton had been sentenced to 10 years in jail. His sentence id the result of a February cocaine trafficking incident with an undercover cop. A conspiracy which was said to have taken place in a police controlled warehouse in Florida in December 2009. The court was filled with family, friends,\u00a0 artiste such as Wanye Wonder,Delly Ranks, Gramps Morgan and fans of Buju. I keep hearing the echo of Danny Glover’s pen as it wrote “Your honor, Mark Myrie is not a drug dealer… Society would not benefit from his incarceration.” Buju in his life time has been an Icon and mentor to many although not particularly to Gay rights movement from his popular song ‘Boom Bye Bye.’<\/p>\n

I remember after graduating from college and looking for a job, interviews upon interviews and not getting that call. The “congratulation,welcome to our team” call . I was loosing hope, low self esteem, worthless, depressed ready to just quit. Was my 3.3 GPA not good enough? I cried sometimes and even decided not to go for more interviews until that day when I turned my radio on and heard:<\/p>\n