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On 6 March 2017, NetLiveMedia.com published an article appearing to report that reggae musician Buju Banton had committed suicide in his prison cell while serving out a drug trafficking sentence: This site, which does not carry a disclaimer labeling its contents as fiction, has published several hoax news articles. A brief look at the web site's front page shows at least two stories that are completely fictitious: Usain Bolt Scandal: Girlfriend Reveals She’s a Man! (she's not), and Shocking! Jay Z files for divorce after alleged $ex tape of his wife (Beyoncé) and BFF leaked (they didn't). This is not the first fake news story that NetLiveMedia.com has published about Buju Banton; the site also claimed (falsely) that the musician had been released from prison in January 2017. Baju, who was sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in a cocaine deal, isn't scheduled for release until December 2018. As of this writing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons still had Baju listed as an inmate. Banton appeared to be in high spirits on the day before this report started to circulate: A similar rumor circulated about Buju in 2013. Lorna Strachan, the mother of Banton's five children, told the Jamaican Observer at the time: There was no truth to the 2013 rumor, either.
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