DJ Khaled documented Buju’s “Lengthy Stroll to Freedom” live performance from his cozy spot onstage.
After enduring Eight-long years in jail on drug trafficking prices, Buju Banton deliberate to have a good time his return to civilian life with all Jamaica current for the social gathering, both in-person, in spirit, or by way of a dwell telecast. The “Lengthy Stroll to Freedom” live performance, as Buju Banton labeled it, evidently his first in over Eight years, went down final night time on the Nationwide Stadium in Kingston.
Due to DJ Khaled, and the Jamaican huge in attendance, a lot footage exists from the live performance. Buju’s longtime musical director Lenky Marsden was shut behind, as have been Wayne Marshall, Ghost, LUST, Buju’s son Jahazeil Myrie, Cocoa Tea, and Kfee, all performing in the course of the extravaganza.
Kfee herself a rising expertise within the Jamaican music trade, wound up interrupting Cocoa Tea midperformance. The irony being, Cocoa is a residing legend whose catalog various songs about consorting with for young women, no relation to Kfee on the night time.
A day earlier than Buju Banton was set to hit the stage, his estranged son Markus (not Jahazell) made waves within the press after demonizing his father on social media, in a submit that known as for the dancehall legend to be reinstated in jail. “A lot drama since December,” Markus wrote. “This man wants to return to jail and useless in deh.”
And but, Buju Banton discovered a solution to maintain his lips sealed, lengthy sufficient to benefit from the occasion he’d been anticipating for a while, Eight complete years at that. However, Buju Banton is from an period in dancehall that exuded controversy. His relationship together with his fspring is one thing utterly unrelated to the best way he is perceived on the broader, and by the numerous Individuals making the journey for his welcome again efficiency.