‘Trust Nobody’, Vybz Kartel’s Lawyer Sends Cryptic Message To The Incarcerated Dancehall Star

Defense attorney of incarcerated Dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel has everyone tuned into the deejay’s murder case once again after his latest social media post. Kartel’s Privy Council lawyer, Isat Buchanan seemingly sent a message to the incarcerated deejay to be careful of the people around him.

It’s no secret Kartel is as guarded as they come. If we were to look back at his extensive musical archive, there are quite a few songs there that still stand out as some of the cagiest tracks of all time. A quick trip down memory lane and some of those singles would include, Can’t Trust, Which Friend, and Mi Nuh Trust People, to name a few.

The very reason he is behind bars today was that someone he ‘trusted’ testified against him in court and as can imagine, Buchanan knows this all too well. He also knows a lot more than many, which is why when he posted a video on social media recently; it piqued everyone’s curiosity and had them pondering what was his motive.

The clip was an old recording of the late rapper, Tupac Shakur issuing a keen warning to “trust nobody,” where Isat added the caption, “Me talking to 2021 after experiencing 2020,” and tagging the Worl’ Boss among a few others. The post was particularly resonating, as many die-hard supporters of Vybz Kartel would also know that the deejay is a huge fan of Shakur.

It is clear Buchanan was sending the incarcerated deejay a message, and a deliberate one too. The year 2020 has been a disappointing one for Vybz, regarding the appeal of his murder conviction.

In April the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, after a 2-year delay since the plea was heard. However, later on in September the deejay and his co-accused, Andre St. John, Shawn Campbell (AKA Shawn Storm), and Kahira Jones, were granted leave to take their appeal to the Privy Council in the United Kingdom.

Kartel, the co-accused, and their legal team were given a duration of 90 days to prepare and dispatch their appeal files to the Privy Council for their consideration. In their defense, they will challenge how evidence was collected and whether it breached the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. They will also raise issues surrounding jury misconduct to Jamaica’s final appellate court. They were granted the leave to appeal based on the trial judge, Justice Lennox Campbell’s refusal to discharge the jury following impropriety on their part.

Last month, Buchanan accused the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of being “shady” and “dodgy” as the office has largely frustrated the attempts of the defense to gain access to ‘Exhibit 14C’, i.e. the cellphone which contained controversial voice notes allegedly recorded by the deejay. “Despite the attempts of myself and the Queen’s Counsel, we have been unable to get access to the cellphone, which we believe has evidence of tampering,” Buchanan said, according to the Jamaica Observer.

He further added, “We have represented our concerns by writing to agents in England, and we hope that this activity will move the Privy Council to force their hand to release the phone so we can confirm whether it was tampered with.”

In the meantime, Buchanan seems to be reiterating a very important message to the Worl Boss, “Trust nobody!”