Vybz Kartel is putting a city name front and center on his latest drop. The official video for “Living In MIAMI” premiered November 13, 2026 on the VybzKartelVEVO channel, giving fans a fresh visual to go with one of the dancehall star’s newest records.
The release is credited to Vybz Kartel Muzik and Silver Birds Records, and the video description tags the track plainly as dancehall.
A purchase and stream link (ffm.to/vk_livinginmiami) sits right in the description, so the song is already moving across Kartel’s official channels alongside the clip.
The title is the hook here. For an artist whose name has long been tied to Jamaica, and to Portmore in particular, a Miami-framed record signals a shift in scenery.
Details on the visual’s storyline haven’t been spelled out beyond the official billing, so fans are left to read the setting for themselves.
There’s a bigger backdrop to every Kartel release right now. The artist, born Adidja Palmer, spent more than a decade behind bars after his 2014 conviction for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams.
In March 2024, the Privy Council in London quashed that conviction, and that July, Jamaica’s Court of Appeal declined to order a retrial, clearing the way for his release.
That context changes how a song called “Living In MIAMI” lands. For years, Kartel’s output arrived without him being free to move, perform or travel, which made his steady stream of music from prison one of dancehall’s strangest stories.
A record built around a place, rather than around confinement, carries a different weight for longtime listeners.
Then there’s the purely musical angle. Kartel built his name on records like “Clarks” with Popcaan, “Romping Shop” with Spice and “Fever,” songs that defined a generation of dancehall and travelled well beyond Jamaica.
Fans coming to this one will be listening for how a Miami title fits next to that catalogue, and how much of the old swagger shows up on the visual.
Silver Birds Records’ name on the credits also points to how the rollout is being handled. Pairing his own Vybz Kartel Muzik imprint with a label partner and pushing everything through VEVO and a single streaming link is a cleaner, more coordinated setup than the scattered drops that marked parts of his prison era.
For now, the video is live and the song is out across platforms. What comes next, more visuals, a wider project or live dates built around the record, hasn’t been announced, and fans watching his official channels are waiting to see where “Living In MIAMI” leads.
