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Vybz Kartel is in a celebratory mood. As he prepares for the 2025 Grammys this Sunday where he is nominated for his first Grammy award, the self-proclaimed “king of dancehall” is releasing Viking ...

It’s been almost four months since Vybz Kartel walked out of Kingston’s General Penitentiary as a free man after serving nearly 13 years behind bars. Way back in September of 2011, the dancehall star ...

Vybz Kartel served more than a decade of a murder sentence before his conviction was overturned. Despite imprisonment and a radio ban, his influence has grown. By Nia Decaille Early into his ...

Media personalities Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg of the “Juan Ep Is Life” podcast have released their latest episode featuring dancehall legend Vybz Kartel. It marks his first interview since ...

Dancehall legend Vybz Kartel is returning triumphantly with a special deluxe edition of his 2015 album Viking (Vybz Is King), just in time for the 67th Grammy Awards. This highly anticipated release ...

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 ...

DJ Khaled! He the best music! Khaled is a fundamentally silly figure, and his whole approach of rounding up extremely famous people to appear on songs together does not hit the way that it once did.

We’re a world away from one of the earliest shows Vybz Kartel played in Brooklyn. If you search hard enough, there’s footage of Kartel, slender and confident, performing on February 15, 2005, at a ...

Vybz Kartel’s first concert in Toronto had a special guest — and performance. During the dancehall musician’s show at Scotiabank Arena Sunday night, hometown hero Drake appeared onstage to play an ...