Just a week after Jamaican dancehall legend, Mark Anthony Myrie, popularized as Buju Banton accused Afrobeats artists of stealing from Jamaican reggae and dancehall, has claimed to possess Nigerian roots.
In a conversation with co-hosts of ‘Drink Champs’ podcast, Banton explained that his tribe, Maroons originated from the Igbo tribe of Southeast Nigeria.
According to him, their Indigenous land is now being threatened by the current Jamaican government, negotiating with foreigners to take over the region.
“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 from Nigeria. I am an Igbo man according to my bloodline.” He lamented.
This comes a few days after Banton claimed that afrobeats music, which is originally Nigerian, has no substance and would fade with time, insisting that the primary source was stolen from Jamaican reggae and dancehall music.
The reggae legend also stated that the aim of Afrobeats music is to fight for the liberation of the African continent.
Buju Banton won a Grammy in 2010 and was featured in America’s DJ Khaled 2022 album, God Did.
