Buju Banton’s lawyer Chokwe Lumumba was elected new Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, winning the general election with 87 percent of the votes.

Congrats to Mr. Lumumba…. But will this affect Buju Banton’s ongoing trial? When Music News contacted the office of longtime Black Nationalist organizer and attorney Chokwe Lumumba we were told he’s locked in a conference meeting.

Chokwe Lumumba is Buju Banton’s lead attorney in the entertainer’s ongoing high profile case into investigations of possible juror misconduct.

Buju Banton is serving a 10-year prison sentence on two drug charges. The Grammy winner faces an additional five years on a related gun possession charge, but his resentencing hearing was postponed to investigate the report of juror misconduct.