Buju Banton

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1,294 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 17 Apr

Buju Banton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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My name came from my mom.

Yeah.

So it wasn't a name given to me by my friends.

And I took the name Bantan due to my adoration for Buru Bantan and his musical delivery in the dance hall.

You know, because

Ever so often, we have to keep reminding the people that there's a distinguished difference between a DJ in Jamaica and a DJ here.

A DJ here is a guy who plays the music.

A DJ in my country is a guy who hold on to the microphone and talk on the version.

It's peace on the beat.

So prominent one from in those, he was Burbantam, you know, came to America, made a name for himself.

So the Bojo came from my mom and the Bantam came from my generation for his craft and how he displayed his musical talent in the dance.

So it's not something that is given to me by friends and so on and so forth.

So when a young man came and said the name Bojo,

I knew the problem it poses because automatically most of the algorithms is run now Western ways and all the algorithms start getting confused.

They're going, who's Bojo?

So we had to regulate that to make sure that, you know what I mean?

You have to find a new name.

Yo, I did that shit on TV.

I got a phone call, a silent phone call from somebody.

Said, you did the right thing, Joey.

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