The legendary Jamaican reggae performer Mark Anthony Myrie, known as Buju Banton, has disclosed his Igbo ancestry.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
Speaking recently on the “Drink Champs” podcast, co-hosted by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, the reggae singer claimed that the Igbo tribe in Nigeria is where his clan, the Maroons, started.
Buju Banton lamented the fact that the present Jamaican government is displacing their indigenous people by allowing Chinese and other outsiders into their area, endangering their indigenous land.
He said, “Our indigenous way of life and our land are being threatened by the current government of Jamaica, which seeks to bring Chinese and other nationalities into the Cockpit region which is an Indigenous sacred region to usurp us the Maroons as the warriors.
“Maroons are some of the Indigenous warriors on my island. We fought the British relentlessly. We are called Blackmaroons. My generation originated in Nigeria. I am an Igbo man according to my bloodline.”
Recall that Buju Banton recently caused a stir on social media after he chastised afrobeats and reggaeton artists.
The dancehall singer asserted that afrobeats was meaningless and would eventually become outdated.
He also chastised afrobeats musicians for not utilizing their platform to fight for the liberation of Africa but rather for using it to further their financial interests.
Although Buju Banton maintained that he wasn’t ‘knocking’ any specific musician, he persisted in disparaging afrobeats and reggaeton genres, calling them soulless and devoid of the spirit and heritage of dancehall and reggae.
Watch him speak in video below
Reggae icon, Buju Banton shares his Igbo heritage pic.twitter.com/rvmWZdaPar
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