The youngest of 15 children of a street vendor, Mark Anthony Myrie was born on July 15, 1973. Steering clear of the violent themes that marked much of Jamaican dance-hall music in the 1990s, Banton found new critical respect, though some listeners continued to be disappointed in his refusal to disown “Boom Bye Bye. Indeed, as part of his growing commitment to the Rastafarian religion, Banton focused more on spiritual issues on his subsequent albums. Although Banton insisted that he was not supporting anti-gay crimes, he stood by his lyrics as an expression of his religious beliefs against homosexuality. Banton ’s debut on the international stage, however, was marked by controversy as his openly anti-gay song “Boom Bye Bye, ” which advocated the murder of homosexuals, brought on threats of boycotts against his major-label record company. ![]() A 12-year-old sensation in the dancehall music scene of Jamaica, Buju Banton later scored a series of number-one hits in his homeland as a teenage deejay and performer.
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