Buju Banton has made history by becoming the first Grammy Award-winning reggae artist from Jamaica to mint an NFT on the OpenSea Marketplace.

Buju 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. We have to keep up with the technological advancements of our times or get left behind . . . embrace the space, pure love,” said the artist via media statement. 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 unlockable content for the NFT owners to enjoy. It must be noted that while the digital works sold as NFTs can still be copied and shared, ownership of a token is unique and is somewhat 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.