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<p>Entertainer Spragga Benz is urging Jamaicans to sign a petition via social media to preserve the Cockpit Country and Maroon lands.</p>
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<p>Using his Instagram account @spraggabenz3, the dancehall artiste pleaded with Jamaicans to prevent the sale of untouched sacred lands to mining companies.</p>
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<p>Other entertainment figures who have called for the preservation of the Cockpit Country include Bounty Killer, Queen Ifrica, Popcaan and Mr Vegas.</p>
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<p>Watch Spragga Benz make his plea for the Cockpit Country.</p>
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