After serving 13 years in Jamaican prison, the dancehall star celebrates with a new project. By Angel Diaz Vybz Kartel is free, and he dropped a new project to celebrate. First Week Out is 12 tracks ...

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 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — First Week Out, the 12-track mixtape by dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel, has debuted in the number eight position on this week’s Billboard Reggae Albums chart. The set, released on ...

When Spice got the news that Vybz Kartel had just been released from prison last week after 13 years behind bars, the Queen of Dancehall was stepping off a plane from London where she’d co-headlined ...

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 ...

In Kingston, the local — and global — legend opens up about his time away, how his genre can evolve, and why he might be collaborating soon with Cardi B. By Kyle Denis In July, Jamaica’s most ...