Vybz Kartel

Vybz Kartel (real name Adidja Palmer ; born January 7, 1976 in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a dancehall artist from Jamaica. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 2014.

life and career

He grew up in Portmore . He attended Calabar High School but was released. Nevertheless, he continued his education at a technical university. Since his uncle was a DJ, he came into contact with music early on. At that time he mainly listened to Country & Western , Sam Cooke and Ninjaman . He was mainly inspired by Bounty Killer , Charlie Chaplin , Papa San , Buju Banton , Will Smith and KRS-One . At the age of ten he already began to write his own lyrics, which he also presented in a talent show called Gong . At twelve he already recorded his debut single Fat Woman , which was not a great success.

In 1996 he founded a group called Vybz Cartel. Drugs , however, caused this band to break up quickly. However, Adidja Palmer decided to keep the name, but replaced the C with a K, so that his current name Vybz Kartel arose.

The following musicians played on his debut album (2003): Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Shiah Coore, Paul "Teetimus" Edmund, Craig "Leftside" Parkes, Trevor "Baby G" James Jnr, Daniel "Blaxxx" Lewis, Steven " Lenky "Marsden, Nigel Staff, Sly Dunbar," Computer "Paul Henton, Alberto" Burro "Blackwood, Mario Campbell, Delano Thomas and Andre Saunders. The producer was Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett of Don Corleon Records.

Sentenced to life imprisonment

He was arrested on October 1, 2011, for possession of marijuana in Kingston, and has since been detained on pending proceedings for two murders in which he was accused of involvement and later convicted.

On March 13, 2014, Jamaican media reported that an attempt was made to bribe some of the jurors with $ 500,000 in Jamaica to obtain an acquittal in the ongoing murder trial in which Palmer was charged with three other men .

On April 3, 2014, Palmer was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge after the jury had already found him guilty on March 13 by 10 to 1 votes. According to the verdict, a release on parole is possible after 35 years in prison at the earliest. The defense announced that it would go into revision .

On April 3, 2020, a three-person jury from the Jamaican Court of Appeals rejected Kartel's objection. They still gave him seven days to submit paperwork to reduce his sentence. As a result, on April 17, 2020, his sentence was reduced to 32 years and 6 months, taking into account that he was now granted probation. This means that Kartel can only be released on parole in 2046 at the earliest. The appeal relates to Judge Campell's failure to include the time in pre-trial detention in the sentence.

Discography, film appearances and books

Chart placements (preliminary) Explanation of the data

Singles

International Criminal (with KitschKrieg & Bonez MC )   DE 6th 07/31/2020 (...  where.)   AT 5 08/07/2020 (...  where.)   CH 23 08/02/2020 (...  where.)

Albums

• Up 2 Di Time ( Greensleeves ; 2003)
• Up 2 Di Time (More Up 2 Di Time Edition) (Greensleeves; 2004)
• Timeless (Greensleeves; 2004)
• JMT (Greensleeves; 2006)
• The Teacher's Back (Big Ship / Victor; 2008)
• Pon di Gaza (* Adidjaheim / Notnice; 2009)
• Pon di Gaza 2.0 (VP Records 2010)
• Kingston Story (June 2011)
• Kartel Forever: Trilogy (2013)
• Reggae love songs (2014)
• Viking (2015)
• King of the Dancehall (2016)

Mix tapes

• Unnamed ( Cash Money ; 2002)
• Time Minister (Cassette Jones)
• www.up2ditime.com (Cassette Jones)
• Seven Wise Virgins (Cassette Jones)
• From Time To Time (Federation; 2003)
• Just A Matter Of Time (Cassette Jones)
• Time Nevertheless (Cassette Jones)
• Timeless (Federation; 2004)
• Dancehall Mix 2K4 (Swamp King; 2004)
• Time Served (Federation; 2004)
• Return Of The Crime Minister (2005)
• Clarks de Mix (2011)
• Go Go Wine (April 2011)

Compilation albums

• Girls Like Mine (Best Of Vybz) (2002)
• Toe 2 Toe Vol. 6 with Elephant Man ( Jet Star ; 2003)

Featurings

• Been Around The World with Zena ( Virgin ; 2004)
• Dangerous with Cormega ( cook ; 2004)
• Diplo Rhythm with Diplo ( Big Dada ; 2004)
• EGG (Everybody Gone Gangsta) with Cardinal Offishall ( EMI ; 2004)
• Frontin (Dancehall Remix) with Jay-Z , Pharrell Williams & Wayne Marshall ( Def Jam ; 2004)
• Kartel & Kardinal with Cardinal Offishall (Greensleeves; 2004)
• Move Your Body with Nina Sky ft. Jabba ( Universal ; 2004)
• Straight Off The Top with Juelz Santana , Jim Jones & Wayne Marshall (Def Jam; 2004)
• Bad Man with Missy Elliott , MIA ( Atlantic Records ; 2005)
• Hold Your Head (Hot 97 Remix) with The Notorious BIG , Bob Marley
• You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) with Rihanna (Def Jam; 2005)
• Buss It Up with Kano ; 2007
• Descarada (dance) with Pitbull
• Double down with clips ; 2006
• Pon de Floor with Major Lazer ; 2009
• Wine & Go Down with Busta Rhymes ; 2012
• You're No Good with Major Lazer ; 2013
• Royalty with XXXTentacion ; 2019
• International Criminal with Kitschkrieg & Bonez MC ; 2020

Singles

• Go Go Wine (April 2011)
• Right Wine (2013)
• International Criminal with Kitschkrieg & Bonez MC (August 2020)

Movies

• Thug Life (2001)

Books

• Vybz Kartel: The Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto Kingston: Ghetto People Publishing Company LTD (2012)

literature

Patrick Helber: "'Ah My Browning' Dat! '. A Visual Discourse Analysis of the Performance of Vybz Kartel's Masculinity in the Cartoons of the Jamaica Observer" Caribbean Quarterly 58.2 & 3 (2012): 116–128.

Web links

• Interview with Vybz Kartel ( Memento from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (2005)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kartel's lawyer ponders Supreme Court move , Jamaica Gleaner, January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
2. ↑ Vybz Katel, Shawn Storm and 2 others found guilty! Juror to be arrested for $ 500,000.00 bribe offered to other female jurors ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ^ Vybz Kartel sentenced to life in prison, to serve 35 years before parole , Jamaica Gleaner, April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
4. Jump up ↑ DancehallMag - appeal denied but sentence could still be reduced
5. ↑ DancehallMag: Penalty reduced to 2046
6. ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland