Hugh Southey, an attorney representing Vybz Kartel and his three co-appellants at the UK’s Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, has argued that even if their appeal is successful and a retrial ordered, a fair trial would now be impossible.
Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan got high marks from those tuned into the first of a two-day hearing of arguments in the murder appeal of entertainer Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel‘ Palmer and his co-appellants, Shawn ‘Shawn Storm’ Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St.
Isat Buchanan, the attorney who represents ‘King of Dancehall’ Vybz Kartel, told DancehallMag on Sunday that he’s eager to argue the Fever deejay’s final appeal at the UK’s Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Wednesday and Thursday (February 14-15).
Dancehall deejays TeeJay and Valiant have exchanged fiery jabs in a pair of diss tracks on Black Chiney’s 2007 Drumline riddim, which, according to TeeJay, was no coincidence at all.
Dynasty Records boss and music producer Kyle Butler has criticized Rvssian for being contradictory after quickly dismissing any opportunity to work with Champion Boy artist Alkaline, while also calling for the support of all Dancehall artists to ensure the genre’s global success.
Several members of the Dancehall fraternity sent well wishes to incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel yesterday (January 7, 2024) as he celebrated his 48th birthday.
The year 2023 was a variegated scrapbook of beautiful, bittersweet and bad news emanating from Jamaica’s music culture, and DancehallMag captured it all.
The nostalgia of 2010 Dancehall music pervades with producer NotNice gearing up to re-release his prolific Street Vybz riddim.
Dancehall veteran Grindsman said he had experienced a career resurgence in 2010, when Vybz Kartel flipped his 1990 track Benz Punaney.
‘King Of Dancehall’ Vybz Kartel has shared new photos of himself reuniting with fiancé Sidem Oztürk, and his sons Likkle Vybz and Likkle Addi for the first time since 2016.
Bounty Killer has called on his fans to help him select the artists, excluding Mavado and Vybz Kartel, whom they think should perform during Reggae Sumfest’s tribute to him at the event’s next staging in July 2024.
In his own words, Bounty Killer has a helpful disposition. But he also has a knack for talent development, most evident with his once formidable Alliance collective.
Mr. Vegas says incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel can never be the ‘King of Dancehall’ as he doesn’t make Dancehall music.
Dancehall fans mounted fresh concerns over the health of Vybz Kartel as it emerged that his attorneys had won an expedited appeal hearing for the incarcerated Dancehall artist and three other men.
An appeal hearing for incarcerated Dancehall artists Vybz Kartel, Shawn Storm, and two other men will take place in the United Kingdom-based Privy Council—Jamaica’s final appellate court—between February 14 and 15, 2024.
Enchanting and passionate selections, balanced by contemplative tracks from big names like Mavado and Chronic Law, dominate this iteration of our music roundup.
When Dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel was arrested in 2011, his three children with Tanesha ‘Shorty’ Johnson were minors.
An especially active week by some of Dancehall’s biggest stars, including the Queen Spice, Shaggy and Popcaan, marks this iteration of DancehallMag‘s music roundup.
Every week, our writers at DancehallMag highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists.
The first annual Caribbean Music Awards was held on Thursday at King’s Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn, the neighborhood known as New York’s “Little Caribbean.”