On Thursday, Jamaican singer Buju Banton was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for his role in setting up a five kilo coke deal in Florida in late 2009. Concealed weapons charges were dropped against the Grammy Award-winning singer and the sentence was the most lenient that the judge could have given him under the sentencing guidelines. His lawyer say they’ll appeal, but good luck with that…

Banton is one of those guys who thinks he’s more clever than he is. Even though I admit to liking some of his music—he’s an undeniably a big talent, one of the best musicians of his generation on the island—his rampant homophobia and smart-ass posturing to gays rights groups has always made me think he was a total asshole. And what is a Grammy winner doing making drug deals, anyway? He doesn’t have enough money already? He thinks he’s a tough guy, but I wonder how tough he’ll be in a federal penitentiary. I don’t suspect Banton is going to have a very easy time with all the “batty boys” he’s going to meet in prison. Some of them probably don’t appreciate his lyrics that advocate shooting gays in the head and burning them alive. That’s the way it goes. Karma’s a bitch, Buju-baby.

Below, Jamaicans react to Banton’s sentencing in Florida.
 

 
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Buju Banton Comes Out of the Closet

 
No, not really, but this is close enough! Made by the visionary Eclectic Method, this video really captures the essence of Buju Banton and the makers of it don’t even have to worry about retaliation from this fuckwit because his ass is in jail with all the batty men (a delicious and justly deserved fate don’t you think? Buju meet your new cell mate, the Salad Tossing Man!).

And before any “care troll” Buju fans write in that he’s changed and that he wrote Boom Bye-Bye when he was 15, and has moved on, blah, blah, blah, can it, hippie, because that’s nonsense. He still performs that fucking song—his mike was cut at New York’s Reggae CariFest in 2007 when he began it!

If Buju Banton learns anything from his prison stint, it should be what goes around comes around. You piss in the wind, don’t be surprised when it comes back to hit you in the face.
 

One Hate, One Fear: Homophobia in Dancehall (Santa Cruz News)

Threat of Gay Protest Forces Buju Banton Cancellation (SF Weekly)