-Nine Nods Include Best Album for Too Bad, Best Song for "Driver A," Best Male DJ/Rapper, Best Video for "Nothing" Refix, Recording Artist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year-

(New York, NY/Kingston, JA - 26, February 2007) Gargamel Music, Inc. is thrilled to announce that dancehall-reggae icon Buju Banton aka Gargamel has been nominated for nine International Reggae & World Music Awards: Bob Marley Award for Entertainer of the Year, Recording Artist of the Year, Best Song for "Driver A," Best Album for Too Bad, Best Male DJ/Rapper, Most Oustanding Stage Personality, Best Music Video for "Nothing" Refix/100 Watt Medley (directed by Troy Antonio), Most Cultural/Educational Entertainer and the Emperor Haile Selassie I Award for Spiritual Service Through Music.

The 26th Annual International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will be held on Saturday May 5th at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York (235 W. 125th st.). Buju Banton fans and supporters around the world can vote at www.IRAWMA.com until the April 20th deadline.