10 years ago, Vybz Kartel released his eighth studio album Kingston Story, a collaboration with Mixpak producer Dre Skull. Fast forward to 2021, and Vybz is still locked up for life on a murder ...

All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by Pitchfork editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. “I have had ...

It goes without saying that Vybz Kartel’s catalogue is ever-expanding (seriously, has anyone counted how many singles he’s released?), but that’s just a testament to his big Capricorn energy. As you ...

In July, Jamaica’s most influential living artist walked out of a Kingston prison after 13 years, drove straight to his mother’s house for a tearful reunion over steamed fish and okra — and dove ...

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 ...

And, as of March 13, he’s also a convicted murderer. Following a 65-day trial said to be the longest in Jamaica’s history, Kartel, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, was sentenced Thursday to life in ...

Kartel’s just played his first show at the Scotiabank Arena on Sunday (October 26), which was presented with the help of Drake’s OVO. But to the crowd’s surprise, Drake also joined Kartel onstage to ...

PartyNextDoor announced a new album last night with the release of “Not Nice,” the second single from the album following the release of the Drake-featuring “Come and See Me.” With his writing credit ...

As the one-year anniversary of XXXTentacion's untimely passing approaches, his mother previews a new posthumous record that will tap into X's Caribbean roots. On Wednesday (April 24), X's mom ...

TORONTO — When Drake was a teenager, he’d stand outside Toronto’s long-gone Escape Nightclub handing out flyers just to get inside and lose himself in Vybz Kartel’s music. On Sunday night, he came ...

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 ...