Vybz Kartel Turns 46: Birthday Tributes Pour In For The “Living Legend”
The Dancehall fraternity celebrates the earth strong of an icon today. The Worl’ Boss – Vybz Kartel turned 46 this Friday, January 7.
The Dancehall fraternity celebrates the earth strong of an icon today. The Worl’ Boss – Vybz Kartel turned 46 this Friday, January 7.
Grammy Award-winning Reggae sensation Koffee says Dancehall deejay Alkaline has made a name for himself among the greats in the industry like Vybz Kartel and Popcaan.
It seems popular YouTuber and Dancehall producer/artist Terro Don has struck the wrong note with incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel in his latest upload.
Dancehall titan Vybz Kartel has updated his GAZA Nation with new family photos over the holiday season.
2021 was another great year for diversity across dancehall/reggae, from the much-hyped to the much-delayed as well as pandemic fueled projects.
In 2021, Dancehall superstar Sean Paul and Reggae legend Bob Marley reigned as Jamaica’s most-streamed Dancehall and Reggae artists globally on YouTube, while Vybz Kartel once again took the crown as the most-streamed artist on the platform in Jamaica.
Beenie Man is maintaining that there is only one King in the Dancehall, and that title belongs to him because, among other things, he was the first person to present Vybz Kartel — one of the other contenders to the honorific name — to the world stage via the Billboard chart.
Culture and Development specialist, Professor Carolyn Cooper, says up to this day, 10 years after she invited Vybz Kartel to deliver his Pretty Like a Colouring Book: My Life and My Art lecture to students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, she is still being vilified by many Jamaicans for her decision.
Bounty Killer, on Monday, recalled a momentous occasion at the now-defunct annual Sting stage show back in 1993.
The family of Dancehall entertainer Keshan is thankful that the police have made an arrest in connection with her death, after her 34-year-old former boyfriend, Toni Martin was taken into custody on Wednesday.
Producer-artist Jermaine Baker has made a habit of carving out hits with the Worl’ Boss, Vybz Kartel.
King and Queen of Dancehall Vybz Kartel and Spice have joined forces once more for another of their highly passionate collaborations, this one dubbed Private Message.
Mixpak Records owner and producer Dre Skull has released a deluxe version of Kingston Story, the 16-track project by incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel to mark its 10th anniversary.
Spanish Town native turned American Hip-Hop commentator DJ Akademiks is at it again with his controversial takes.
In addition to the highly anticipated drop from Masicka, Stalk Ashley, Prince Swanny, Popcaan, Yaksta and more checked in with new music, deserving of a spot on your playlist this week.
Vybz Kartel has declared that he was not pleased with the fact that Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in Jamaica this year, and that only a Jamaican, even if it is his greatest arch-rival, ought to be in the first place.
Vybz Kartel‘s attorney Isat Buchanan is optimistic that the UK Privy Council may rule in favor of his client, following an investigation done by digital forensic experts into the Blackberry Torch cellphone that was at the center of the Dancehall artist’s trial for the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams.
Prominent attorney and chairman of PNP’s Human Rights Commission Isat Buchanan has criticized Prime Minister Andrew Holness for making comments he knew would get a favourable response from the public, rather than some that were practical.
Jamaica’s inner-city, plagued by gang violence and political division, has served as inspiration for Dancehall deejays to deliver lyrical content.
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda joined the hoard of GAZA fans in the crusade to exonerate the incarcerated Worl’ Boss when he declared “free Vybz Kartel” at the start of a recent interview on Earport’s Auto Pilot Podcast.