https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yaSfWIXWg

Somehow, Vybz Kartel continues his prolific output of dancehall music, even from jail. Kartel (real name Adidja Palmer) is incarcerated on a murder charge. But he continues to put out music. As far as I know, there is no recording studio in jail, so there are a few possibilities: he is recording songs over a cellphone, they have indeed installed a recording studio for Mr. Palmer in jail, or his producers are releasing previously recorded songs.

In any case, people don’t seem to care that he is in jail on a murder charge. His music remains as popular as ever. At a recent awards show I attended, every time they called the Teacher’s name (as he is also known), the crowd went bananas.

Read a Jamaica Observer now if you wish:

JAILED entertainer Vybz Kartel will now have to remain behind bars pending the outcome of his murder trial on March 27.

On Friday, Justice Glenn Brown denied a bail application that was made on Kartel’s behalf by his legal team in chambers last week Friday. The prosecution had opposed the application, submitting that it has strong evidence against the artiste.

The application relates to a charge of murder against the artiste for the 2011 killing of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams in Havendale, St Andrew, allegedly over the disappearance of an illegal gun.

Kartel is charged along with five other persons, including fellowartiste Shawn Campbell, who goes by the stage name Shawn Storm.

Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is also charged with two other men with the murder of Portmore, St Catherine resident Barrington ‘Bossie’ Bryan. He has been offered $3 million bail on this matter.

That trial was on Monday scheduled for March 27.