Vybz Kartel, one of the most influential Dancehall artists of his time, spent nearly 13 years behind bars and was sentenced to life in prison a decade ago. This week, Vybz Kartel exited prison as a ...

Vybz Kartel is free, and he dropped a new project to celebrate. After 13 years, Vybz Kartel and three of his co-defendants were released from Jamaican prison on Wednesday. Back in 2014, the artist was ...

Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel is a free man after being released from prison after his 2014 murder conviction was overturned, according to reports. Kartel — whose real name is Adidja Palmer — ...

He originally got his 2014 murder conviction overturned in March 2024. After getting his 2014 murder conviction overturned in March, recording artist Vybz Kartel is now officially a free man after the ...

In 2014, the Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel was convicted of the murder of his associate Clive “Lizard” Williams. Shortly thereafter, he was sentenced to life in prison, though the sentence ...

Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel was released from prison late last week after successfully appealing a 2014 murder conviction. Kartel, whose legal name is Adidja Azim Palmer, had been imprisoned ...

The murder case of dancehall reggae artist Vybz Kartel is taking on a renewed sense of urgency after prosecutors entered evidence of text messages their side say counts as an admission of guilt.

Jamaicans often say to each other, “Jamaica is not a real place,” as we shake our heads at the beauty and madness of our birthplace. On last week’s episode of Jamaica Is Not a Real Place, a day before ...

Dancehall king Vybz Kartel received his first legal win in years after getting his murder conviction overturned. Dancehall king Vybz Kartel received his first legal win in years, after getting his ...

The 48-year-old has been held a Jamaican jail since 2011 over the disappearance of his associate Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body has never been recovered. Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel, who ...

The debate over the potentially harmful influence of the dancehall culture on youth and whether it fuels crime and violence is nothing new in Jamaica, but nowhere is this more starkly illustrated than ...