Bobi Wine Lands Mega Collabo With Legendary Jamaican Raggae Star, Bujju Banton

January 20, 2020

Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a Bobi Wine has has recorded a song with Jamaican superstar, the legendary Buju Banton!

The Kyadondo East legislator and presidential hopeful who is still in Jamaica, managed to meet Buju and dropped a song we think it’s going to dominate airwaves once released.

The news was leaked by Buju himself by posting on his Instagram page a photo of himself and Bobi Wine in a studio and captioned it “Bobby and Buju straight to Uganda🇺🇬 from Jamaica🇯🇲 with love #Everyoneisgonnalovethis

Bobi Wine is still in Jamaica where he had gone for a rebel revolution music festival concert dubbed ‘Rebel Salute 2020’.

Bobi Wine and Nubian Li with Jamaican legendary, Wilford William (2nd from R)

At the concert, Bobi Wine has been able to meet Jamaica’s greatest musicians and we hope he will record as many collabos as possible.

 

Rebel Salute 2020 concert poster

Who is Buju Banton?

Buju Banton, born Mark Anthony Myrie; 15 July 1973, is a Jamaican reggae dancehall recording artist. He is widely considered one of the most significant and well-regarded artists in Jamaican music.

Buju has collaborated with many international artists, including those in the Hip Hop, Latin and punk rock genres, as well as the sons of Bob Marley.

He released a number of dancehall singles as early as 1987 but came to prominence in 1992 with two albums, Stamina Daddy and Mr. Mention, the latter which became the best-selling album in Jamaican history upon its release.That year he also broke the record for #1 singles in Jamaica, previous held by Bob Marley. He signed with the major label Mercury Records and released Voice of Jamaica in 1993. By the mid-1990s, Banton’s music became more influenced by his Rastafari faith, as heard on the seminal albums ‘Til Shiloh and Inna Heights.

In 2009, he was arrested on drug-related charges in the United States and his first trial resulted in a hung jury. His 2010 album Before the Dawn won Best Reggae Album at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. In 2011, he was convicted on the same criminal charge and was imprisoned in the U.S. until December 2018, whereupon he was deported home to Jamaica.