A drive to garner financial support for Buju Banton's legal defence is centred on the sales of the official Free Buju T-shirts now on the market.

Designed by Doyle Crooks , who designed the majority of the merchandise for Buju's Gargamel line, the T-shirts have a set of numbers on the front which represent Buju's Prison number and printed in gold on the back is the statement 'Free Buju'. The number on the front is 86700-004.

"We opted not to use his image on this T-shirt because we felt that would be exposing his image in a way that wouldn't be appropriate in this particular type of situation," Banton's publicist Tracii McGregor told Splash.

"All the proceeds from the sale of the T-shirts will go towards Buju's legal defence. It's a way in which fans can show their support. Folks from all over the world have been buying the T-shirts from a couple of stores in New York, in Ohio and in Japan," she explained.

"We're not focused on demonstration; we are focusing on building a defence. Our goal is to show who Buju is as an artiste, as a human being and as a humanitarian person....which is why we're also now dropping the new single, Optimistic Soul, the video for which is now out also," said McGregor.

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