Vybz Kartel to host first post-prison concert in December

Jamaican Dancehall legend Vybz Kartel has announced that he will hold his first music concert in December 2024 after serving 13 years in prison. This will mark a major turning point in his career.

Speaking in an interview with Jamaica’s TVJ’s ER, Kartel expressed his joy for the impending event while disclosing that the concert will first take place in Jamaica with plans to continue in other countries.

He jokingly said fans will have to sell “an organ or two” to attend the much-anticipated concert.

“I’ve heard the cries of my fans for a comeback concert, and we’re making it happen,” Kartel stated.

Many fans across Jamaica and indeed the Caribbean and the world were calling for a live performance from Vybz Kartel’s few days after he was released from prison on July 31.

The artiste said details about the concert will be provided in the coming days.

Check out video of Vybz Kartel having good time with girlfriend shortly after release from prison

The Jamaica Court of Appeal ordered Vybz Kartel and his three codefendants to be freed after the ailing dancehall star spent years behind bars.

In a unanimous decision on July 31, the court decided against a retrial in the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body was never found.

Vybz Kartel, Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St. John were freed after years behind bars.

“We conclude that the interest of justice does not require a new trial to be ordered,” the court read.

The court said that there was sufficient evidence to suggest that Kartel would not be able to complete a potentially longer sentence if there were to be a retrial.

The court cited the “psychological and financial effects that it would have on the appellants,” referring to Kartel’s health.

Vybz Kartel, formally known as Adidja Palmer – and his three co-defendants have been behind bars in a Jamaican prison since their arrests in 2011, and subsequent 2014 conviction, for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body was never found.

 

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