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Vybz Kartel: The Dancehall King’s Comeback | Billboard Cover

After Vybz Kartel was released from prison, the king of Dancehall is ready to reclaim his throne. The Billboard cover star talks “Fever” & more!

After being released from prison after 13 years, Vybz Kartel, the king of Dancehall, is ready to reclaim his throne. The Billboard cover star takes us through a day in his life in Kingston, Jamaica, where he shares his experience of creating “Fever” in jail, how he intends to get his music cleared for streaming, his personal evolution, his thoughts on newer artists in the genre, and more! I mean, it took a minute because Vybz Kartel’s presence is so powerful, maybe like 20 between 2016 then new artists started coming out one by one, and then the floodgates opened, like around 2020, but yeah, it took a while.

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