In a significant turn of events, Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, has been released from prison after judges ruled against a retrial for his 2014 murder conviction. His ...

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 ...

People are curious about why Vybz Kartel was in jail and if he’s has been set free. The Jamaican dancehall deejay was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014, following his arrest in 2011 for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vybz Kartel, the renowned Jamaican dancehall artist, and his girlfriend, Sidem Öztürk, also known as Sidem, have been spotted on the 2025 Grammy Awards red carpet. The couple is looking stunning, with ...

Bleaching, in Jamaica, can mean one of two things. 1. Applying prescription-only steroid cream for extremely off-label use, leaching the pigment out of your skin cells to create a whiter complexion, ...

The King of Dancehall made Brooklyn his royal court during the first of two sold-out Barclays Center concerts. By Kyle Denis When asked where he was most excited to perform after finally regaining his ...

The rap world has been anxiously anticipating Drake’s response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse, and he’s been leaving cryptic messages on social media over the past few weeks. The most ...