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Reggae DJ Plans Holiday Performance After 13 Years in Prison

Popular Reggae DJ Vybz Kartel was arrested in 2011 and by 2014, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. He was released on July 31, 2024.
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Reggae DJ Plans Holiday Performance After 13 Years in Prison
Vybz Kartel (L) and Frederick Morton, SVP and general manager of Tempo, pose for a photo backstage during MTV's Tempo network launch celebration in St. Mary, Jamaica, before he was incarcerated on Oct. 16, 2005. Scott Gries/Getty Images
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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Vybz Kartel, 48, has an incredible sense of resilience that helped him survive 13 years in prison, according to a mental health professional.
Kartel was released from a Jamaican prison on July 31 and already has plans to perform again in Jamaica on New Year’s Eve.
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Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]