Buju Banton - file

Popular artiste, Buju Banton was voted Most Educational Entertainer at the 2008 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), held recently in New York. In addition, his award-winning hit song, 'Driver A' is featured on the popular video game 'Grand Theft Auto IV'.

Banton, who is also in the process of completing his roots album Rasta Got Soul was featured on the July cover of Global Rhythm magazine's annual Crucial Reggae issue celebrating Jamaican music and culture.

Writer Wes Orshoski who travelled to Kingston to meet with the icon, says, "If you're profiling a musician, you want him and his music to be relevant and you want that musician to have a tale, one that bounds off the page. Buju is such a musician ... He has a complex, intriguing story, one that continues to unravel a little bit more every few months. As an interview subject, you get a charge just being around him."