Norie's News: Pimp Down- Buju Banton Convicted of Drug Charges

As per information swarming around the Internet, and BBM blasts if you, like I, have forgotten to delete all the Jamaican's off your BBM (note to self, get to that tomorrow), you would know that one of our favorite Reggae artists of all time, Buju Banton was convicted yesterday on Drug charges.

Guess he will be performing "Driver A" at a local fed pen near you?

Why can't the U.S. get on a plan like Jamaica had with Ja Cure and have these inmates working for their keep? Ja Cure literally had to sing for his supper- Imagine if we could have a concert series for all our jailed Artists. We could call it the Cell Block All-Stars! Staring Buju Banton, TI, and we could have all the PO officers who are really aspiring rappers open up, with a special intro by Lil Wayne, who just missed the line up by a few months, but could easily get caught on one of his many probation violations and join the line up. If we expand our criteria to rehab and probation, we can have the whole industry on this damn bill...

 Way any, back to the sentence at hand.. heard there were more crying Jamaicans in the court room then the time all the hair stores on the island ran out of the shiny weave and smedium skinny jeans at the same time..    All jokes aside, we tolerate love us some Jamaicans, and Buju is a legend that will always be in our prayers. #FREEBUJU! As taken from Allhiphop.com:


"A federal jury deliberated for 11 hours during Buju Banton's retrial for his role in setting up a sale of five kilos of cocaine to an undercover officer in a Miami warehouse during an undercover operation by the DEA.

The singer was caught on videotape testing cocaine in a Sarasota warehouse in December of 2008, although he wasn't present during the actual drug deal, which took place two-days later. 

According to the Associated Press, Buju, 37, was found guilty of three of the four charges and now faces at least 15 years in prison, when he is sentenced. 

The popular singer, who's album Before the Dawn just won a Grammy Award, is already planning an appeal of the conviction. 

His lawyer, David Markus, claims that the reggae singer was a big talker who wasn't involved in the drug deal. 

Ironically, the confidential informant who audiotaped and videotaped Buju during the alleged drug deal, earned a $50,000 commission for his role in the undercover sting conducted by the DEA.

Buju is expected to make bond until his sentencing date, which has not been scheduled."
Below are some of our all time favorites from the man himself.  Enjoy! Keep a look out as I post some of my footage from the Epic Before the Dawn fundraising concert in Miami.