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After spending the last six months in the United States facing trial for absconding bail on drug charges 10 years ago, entertainer Busy Signal is happy to be home.
"It's been a rough six million years for me for the past six months," said Busy Signal at his press conference last night that was held at the Devonshire, St Andrew.
Speaking to the guests, he explained that he spent six difficult months inside a United States prison.
"Give thanks to the most high God and the support from the media, it's been a rough six million years for me for the past six months. What I did, came back to haunt me, but my lifestyle free me up," he said.
"Mi nuh know how fi explain the feeling of being in prison for the six months because it had a negative effect on my health, life and career. It gave me a lot of knowledge. Me see people drop down dead from heart attack, I see a lot of things. I'm here giving thanks to the media and everybody who support me," he said.
The 30-year-old entertainer was extradited to the United States in June after United States authorities finally caught up with him a decade after a lawyer offered him a plea bargain that would have seen him spend five to seven years in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. But thanks to stellar work from his attorneys K.D. Knight and Bill Mauzy, Busy, who was born Glendale Gordon, was able to return home within the same year he was extradited.
But perhaps the most important thing for him since his return was the fact that he has been able to reconnect with his family that he had not seen in all this time. "Mi get fi look inna me kids' faces, mi get fi touch mi daughter dem, me get fi kiss them, mi get fi hug dem up, me get to reach to a level where mi get to see mi family, mi immediate family, me extended family. Mi all go see me grandmother wha pray fi me since me reach in," he said.
Busy is also getting a chance to get back in touch with some good Jamaican food. In the six months he was in custody, he didn't eat well, and as a result, shed more than 30 pounds, down from a sturdy 165 to a gaunt 130 pounds.
"Me see how much food line out what me can eat now," he said. "When I was there, the food was just crazy. I fainted twice. I fell down and had blackouts twice. The doctors had to test me, gave me physicals. They took my blood pressure, they did DNA. They did everything, it was devastating," he said.
All that, he says, is behind him now, "and I can give God thanks and praise and I have to give thanks to all the fans who supported me. They did a petition thing that in the end we didn't need, but I have to give thanks for all the support," he said.
"It's been a rough six million years for me for the past six months," said Busy Signal at his press conference last night that was held at the Devonshire, St Andrew.
Speaking to the guests, he explained that he spent six difficult months inside a United States prison.
"Give thanks to the most high God and the support from the media, it's been a rough six million years for me for the past six months. What I did, came back to haunt me, but my lifestyle free me up," he said.
"Mi nuh know how fi explain the feeling of being in prison for the six months because it had a negative effect on my health, life and career. It gave me a lot of knowledge. Me see people drop down dead from heart attack, I see a lot of things. I'm here giving thanks to the media and everybody who support me," he said.
The 30-year-old entertainer was extradited to the United States in June after United States authorities finally caught up with him a decade after a lawyer offered him a plea bargain that would have seen him spend five to seven years in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. But thanks to stellar work from his attorneys K.D. Knight and Bill Mauzy, Busy, who was born Glendale Gordon, was able to return home within the same year he was extradited.
But perhaps the most important thing for him since his return was the fact that he has been able to reconnect with his family that he had not seen in all this time. "Mi get fi look inna me kids' faces, mi get fi touch mi daughter dem, me get fi kiss them, mi get fi hug dem up, me get to reach to a level where mi get to see mi family, mi immediate family, me extended family. Mi all go see me grandmother wha pray fi me since me reach in," he said.
Busy is also getting a chance to get back in touch with some good Jamaican food. In the six months he was in custody, he didn't eat well, and as a result, shed more than 30 pounds, down from a sturdy 165 to a gaunt 130 pounds.
"Me see how much food line out what me can eat now," he said. "When I was there, the food was just crazy. I fainted twice. I fell down and had blackouts twice. The doctors had to test me, gave me physicals. They took my blood pressure, they did DNA. They did everything, it was devastating," he said.
All that, he says, is behind him now, "and I can give God thanks and praise and I have to give thanks to all the fans who supported me. They did a petition thing that in the end we didn't need, but I have to give thanks for all the support," he said.