Buju Banton’s Blazing New Single “Driver A” Added Into Rotation At Hot 97 – New York

(Kingston, JA/New York/NY – 23, January 2007) Gargamel Music, Inc. is pleased to announce that Buju Banton’s blazing new single “Driver A” has officially been added into rotation on Hot 97 – New York’s #1 station for Hip-Hop and R&B. A classic reality tune laced on the vintage Taxi riddim, “Driver A” has been perched at #1 for six weeks on Media Guide’s Reggae Specialty chart. It is the second single from Banton’s 2007 Grammy-nominated album Too Bad.

In addition to the support at Hot 97, “Driver A” has also been receiving love on several stations around the country including WBLS, WFMU, WNYU and WRKS in New York, WEDR and WHQT in Miami, WLLD in Tampa, WJHM in Orlando, WJBT in Jacksonville, WMBX in West Palm Beach, WPHI in Philadelphia, WRCT in Pittsburgh, WENZ, WJCU & WRUW in Cleveland, WIZF in Cincinnati, WWOZ in New Orleans, KABF in Little Rock, WPEG in Charlotte, WOWI in Norfolk, WKNC & WNCU in Raleigh-Durham, WJMH in Greensboro, WWWZ in Charleston, KDLD in Los Angeles, XTRA in San Diego, WERS in Boston, WPHH & WZMX in Hartford-New Haven, CKEY & WBNY in Buffalo, KUST in San Francisco, KEXP in Seattle and KBOO in Portland.

Meanwhile back in Jamaica, “Driver A” is still riding high on top of the charts, holding down the #1 spot for four consecutive weeks on Jamaica’s Weekly Top 30 Hit List and for three weeks in a row on Hype TV’s Weekly Top 20 Reggae-Dancehall chart.

An accompanying music video to “Driver A” will be lensed in the coming weeks.