almost a year agoI am Buju Banton

This is a great story right here. Two weeks ago Buju Banton played at Center Stage. My buddy Jeff Gewirtz emailed Tracii McGregor (Buju’s Manager) about getting a press pass to shoot some video. We ended up getting a couple media passes and rolled to the show ready to get it on. 20 minutes into filming I was asked by one of Buju’s people to shut my camera down and give them my memory card. I told him he would have to arrest me, as I would never give away my shit. I told him I would erase the images but that was a no go. We met up with Tracii and a few other people at the front of the venue. After a few minutes of arguing back and forth I offered to format my card, I was stopped quickly before i hit the format button and Tracii said “No, dont do it, Buju wants to see the footage”. Fast Forward to backstage after the show. We had to wait an hour in a dark hallway, then we were asked to come into an even darker room. Buju was alone sitting in a corner, he waved us over. I cant lie i was scared as hell, but I sat next to him and we talked for approx 20 minutes. Buju invited me to meet with him the next day at his hotel. He claimed he wanted to talk more with me. Next day we met up and Buju & Tracii. Buju wanted to see some of my video work. I showed him the video i did for Pill. After Buju watched the video he asked me if I wanted to document him for a year. I was dying laughing on the inside, I politley told him Im not sure if we could make that work. 1 year turned into me following him on the last leg of his “Rasta got Soul” tour. We filmed his last 5 shows in the sunny state of Florida. I have to say this was an amazing life experience and we came back with some amazing footage. In the short term we will be releasing a video for his new single “Optimistic Soul“. And in the long term we are putting together a documentary about the man and his music titled “I am Buju Banton“. Be on the lookout for that, and in the meantime enjoy a couple of screenshots.