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Vybz Kartel
One of the biggest dancehall stars of Jamaican music in the 2000s, Vybz Kartel
had released a string of hits in his home country and featured on tracks by
Rihanna, Sean Kingston and MIA before he was convicted of murder in 2014 and
given a life sentence. Growing up in the coastal suburb of Waterford, Portmore,
Adidja Azim Palmer (born 7 January 1976) began releasing music at 12-years-old
performing under the name Adi Banton (in tribute to one of his heroes Buju
Banton) with his three-man crew. Although the group split in the mid-'90s, he
continued as a solo act, but retained thei...
