{"id":2694,"date":"2024-08-14T03:54:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2024-08-14T03:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:54:34","slug":"ex-convict-vybz-kartel-to-host-his-first-post-prison-concert-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=2694","title":{"rendered":"Ex-convict Vybz Kartel to host his first post-prison concert in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vybz Kartel the Jamaican Dancehall legend 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.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Jamaica\u2019s TVJ\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>He jokingly said fans will have to sell \u201can organ or two\u201d to attend the much-anticipated concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard the cries of my fans for a comeback concert, and we\u2019re making it happen,\u201d\u00a0Kartel stated.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-399769\" src=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release.jpg 750w, https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release-651x420.jpg 651w, https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vybz-Kartel-after-release-696x449.jpg 696w\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many fans across Jamaica and indeed the Caribbean and the world were calling for a live performance from Vybz Kartel\u2019s few days after he was released from prison on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>The artiste said details about the concert will be provided in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">The Jamaica Court of Appeal ordered Vybz Kartel and his three codefendants to be freed after the ailing dancehall star spent years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">In a unanimous decision on July 31, the court decided against a retrial in the murder of Clive \u201cLizard\u201d Williams, whose body was never found.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">Vybz Kartel, Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St. John were freed after years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">\u201cWe conclude that the interest of justice does not require a new trial to be ordered,\u201d the court read.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">The court cited the \u201cpsychological and financial effects that it would have on the appellants,\u201d referring to Kartel\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">Vybz Kartel, formally known as Adidja Palmer \u2013 and his three co-defendants have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/vybz-kartel-release-date-will-be-another-trial\">behind bars<\/a>\u00a0in a Jamaican prison since their arrests in 2011, and subsequent 2014 conviction, for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/vybz-kartels-release-hangs-balance-jamaican-court-delays-decision\">murder<\/a>\u00a0of Clive \u201cLizard\u201d Williams, whose body was never found.<\/p>\n<p data-v-3808eee7=\"\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.com\"><strong>www.3news.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vybz Kartel the Jamaican Dancehall legend has announced that he will hold his first music concert in December 2024 after serving 13 years in prison. 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