No new date has been set in the sentencing of dancehall star Buju Banton on a gun-related charge.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, had his hearing put off when he appeared in the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Court in Tampa, Florida. The hearing was postponed at the request of his lawyer, Chokwe Lumumba, amid an application for an investigation he filed earlier this month, alleging juror misconduct during the artiste's drug trial in February 2011.

A juror in Buju's drug trial last year has confessed that she researched aspects of the entertainer's case to gauge a greater understanding of the matter before deliberation.

Lumumba has said the conduct of the jury is grounds for a mistrial to be ordered in the case.

Meanwhile, the artiste yesterday tweeted by the official Free Buju Now Twitter page, saying: "If you only knew, I pray that this great nation would regain consciousness and defend truth and rights like they should and stand united against a common enemy - injustice."

He added: "It has certainly not been an easy road, but I will never give up the fight until I am once again reunited with my people and my family."

The Grammy-award winning artiste is serving 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of drug-running. Buju was also found guilty of possession of a firearm by a jury in 2011, but the sentencing judge set aside the charge. However, an appeal court judge ruled that Buju should be sentenced on the gun charge. He faces five additional years in prison.