It’s New Year’s Eve, and the roads that lead to Jamaica’s National Stadium are filled with food vendors manning their oil-drum grills. Some sell orange bandannas like the pair Vybz Kartel wore when he ...

Vybz Kartel is reportedly in a fight for his life while also fighting for his release from prison on a life sentence for murder. The dancehall legend has been behind bars since 2011 for the murder of ...

Vybz Kartel with tattoos, wearing sunglasses, a black shirt, and jewelry, poses with crossed arms in front of red curtains. It’s been almost four months since Vybz Kartel walked out of Kingston’s ...

Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel has had a whirlwind 15 months. After spending nearly 13 years behind bars in Jamaica, he was freed from prison in July 2024. By November he was nominated for a ...

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 ...

After a 20-year absence, the “Worl’ Boss” Vybz Kartel returned to the U.S. stage this weekend. On Friday, he kicked off the first of two sold-out shows at Reggae Fest at the Barclays Center in ...

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 ...

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 ...