He stormed on stage adorned in a shiny platinum suit, crisp leather hard bottoms and sleek dark shades, roaring to over 5,000 hyped up fans, “It's me and oonu, me and oonu bombclat,” in his signature raspy baritone. Slick talking musical wiz, Buju Banton, rocked the WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden, last Friday night, alongside 80's Dancehall King, Shabba Ranks and a slew of special guests.

“I listen to every artist, not only myself,” revealed an energetic Buju in between entertaining foot work and chart-topping favorites, “Only Man,” “Champion,” “Batty Rider” and “Mr. Nine.”

“When mi hear how many people suffering everyday, mi wonder what's going on,” he lectured the attentive crowd, right before pouring out conscious tunes, “Hills and Valleys,” “Untold Stories,” ‘Til Shiloh and Destiny. “Reggae music's supposed to uplift, educate and eradicate negativity. Our forefathers died trying to do this with the music, so oonu stop the senseless slaughtering.”

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