Buju Banton Creates His First NFT Artwork on The First and Largest NFT Platform

Press Release by Destine Media

Buju Banton teams up with CrimsonTide Ltd. to continue his legendary work by entering the NFT space with an Artwork titled “Indigenous” listed at 7 ETH.

New York, NY (November 24, 2021). With this pioneering move Grammy winner, multiple Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping artist, and international reggae icon Buju Banton continues to make history by becoming the first Grammy Award-winning reggae artist from Jamaica to mint an NFT on the OpenSea Marketplace — https://opensea.io/bujubanton.

Buju Banton has created a collection of rare NFT Art pieces that will come in both digital and autographed canvas print.

“The intention is to provide fans with a rare 1 of 1 digital Buju Banton asset/collectible, which can grow in value, creating an economical opportunity for NFT holders.” says Buju Banton.

“We have to keep up with the technological advancements of our times or get left behind…embrace the space, pure love” — Buju Banton

A Non-fungible token (NFT) is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. These digital assets are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos.

Artists and musicians have been making their musical offers available worldwide through an alternative space that is quickly becoming the trend of the future.

Fans will be able to purchase a digital copy of the installation as an NFT, which includes digital artwork designs of famous Buju Banton portraits, programable features and unlock-able content for the NFT owners to enjoy. (The digital works sold as NFTs can still be copied and shared themselves, but ownership of a token is unique. Think of it as something like a copy of a popular book autographed by the author; there are lots of copies of the book and more can easily be made, but the NFT version is one of kind.)

 

Anu El the C.E.O. of CrimsonTide (www.crimsontide.co) has been working to help others build their own projects on blockchain. “CrimsonTide wants to be ‘the concierge’ to the web 3.0 experience for Jamaican artist and musicians. Our company and team have the time, skill set and knowledge to engage the NFT community and develop product-to market strategies consistent with the values of the community” says Anu El.

OpenSea is the first and largest NFT marketplace which has a physical place where fans could go see the digital assets, leading up to the final countdown of the launch. OpenSea is a peer-to-peer marketplace for NFTs, rare digital items and crypto collectibles. Anyone can Buy, sell, auction, and discover new NFTs. Anu says his company educates artists on how they can navigate this new digital space of cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain technology.

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New York, NY (April 2, 2018). With approximately eight months remaining before international reggae superstar Buju Banton returns home from McRae Correctional Facility, worldwide anticipation is building. Last Friday the leading U.S. music industry publication, Billboard Magazine, published a feature on the mounting excitement surrounding Buju Banton’s release, scheduled for December 8, 2018.

Music lovers and fans from all over the world are sharing their admiration, love and excitement for the Grammy-winning recording artist who has toured the globe since the age of 19 and collaborated with international acts like Stephen Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Fat Joe, and Busta Rhymes.

Throughout the article by music journalist Reshma B, Buju Banton’s major influence on the worldwide music industry is highlighted, as major artists from Jamaica and America as well as leading industry figures express their admiration for him.

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The demand for Buju Banton’s  music remains high

–A$AP Rocky calls Buju Banton

“One of my favorite reggae rappers”

-while DJ Khaled stated

“I love Buju so much. His music is like praying.”

“He was always touring, always working. He started that work as a teenager, and he worked until he was decades into his career”
“In that time he built a world community fanbase.”

-says Pat McKay, director of programming for reggae at Sirius XM.

The demand for Buju Banton’s  music remains high and the reggae fraternity is anticipating his return to the stage and the studio.

“There is a big void without Buju Banton in the music”
“We would like to see Buju free because Buju is one of I and I soldier.”

-says veteran reggae singer Cocoa Tea.

“Buju Banton’s music makes bad people wanna do good,”
“We need people like him out here.”

– says Jamaican soul man Beres Hammond, who has often collaborated with the artist and  shared many stages with him.

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With the Easter holiday upon us many are reflecting about the new life and the emerging of Buju Banton and when he will start releasing new music and performing again.

“Its a very exciting time. After 9 long years Buju Banton’s redemption is at hand,”
“Buju is looking forward to performing for his fans again and releasing new music. We are currently in negotiation with a number of promoters and sponsors in Jamaica and elsewhere.”

-states Jospeh Louis Jr of A-Team Management, Buju Banton’s official representative.

Read Billboard article