Vybz Kartel
Jamaican dancehall deejay
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| 2025 | Vybz Kartel's album 'Party With Me' received a nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. |
| 2024 | Vybz Kartel released a mixtape titled 'First Week Out'. |
| 2024 | Vybz Kartel is scheduled to release the extended play 'Party With Me'. |
| August 2024 | Vybz Kartel and his fiancée Sidem Öztürk launched a YouTube channel titled 'Kiss Me Baby.' |
| July 31 2024 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'First Week Out'. |
| July 31 2024 | Vybz Kartel was released from prison after the Jamaican Court of Appeals declined to retry the Williams case. |
| March 14 2024 | Kartel's conviction was quashed by the UK Privy Council due to juror misconduct. |
| 2023 | Vybz Kartel released the extended play 'Numb'. |
| 2023 | Vybz Kartel was honored as the Artist of the Decade. |
| March 24 2023 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Dancehall Generals'. |
| 2022 | Vybz Kartel released the extended play 'True Religion'. |
| 2021 | Vybz Kartel released the extended play 'X-Rated'. |
| August 6 2021 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Born Fi Dis (Prelude)'. |
| March 19 2021 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'X-Rated'. |
| June 26 2020 | Kartel released his fifteenth studio album, 'Of Dons & Divas.' |
| May 17 2020 | It was revealed that Vybz Kartel's 15-year-old son was expecting a child, making him a grandfather for the first time. |
| April 17 2020 | The Jamaican Court of Appeal reduced Vybz Kartel's parole eligibility to 32 years and 6 months. |
| January 10 2020 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'To Tanesha'. |
| 2019 | Likkle Vybz collaborated with Vybz Kartel on the title track 'Fully Gaza,' while Likkle Addi performed solo on 'Dolla Sign,' demonstrating the continuation of Kartel's musical legacy. |
| 2019 | Vybz Kartel released the single 'Can't Be the Same' featuring Squash. |
| 2019 | Vybz Kartel featured in the song 'Royalty' by XXXTentacion, Ky-Mani Marley, and Stefflon Don. |
| 2017 | Vybz Kartel featured in the song 'No Roof' by Kalash. |
| 2017 | Vybz Kartel was featured in the song 'Girlfriend' by Busta Rhymes, alongside Tory Lanez. |
| November 3 2017 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Clarks: De Mixtape'. |
| May 19 2017 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Party'. |
| April 14 2017 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Vybz Kartel Selects Reggae Dancehall'. |
| April 7 2017 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Remember Me'. |
| March 10 2017 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Black & White'. |
| 2016 | Vybz Kartel started living with Graves' disease and a heart condition. |
| 2016 | Vybz Kartel released over 50 new songs while in prison. |
| June 10 2016 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'King of the Dancehall'. |
| 2015 | Vybz Kartel met Sidem Öztürk, who would later become his long-time partner, while serving time in prison. |
| January 13 2015 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Viking (Vybz Is King)'. |
| 2014 | Vybz Kartel's sons, Jaheim (Likkle Vybz) and Akheel Raheim Palmer (Likkle Addi), began releasing music as a duo known as 'PG 13.' |
| 2014 | Vybz Kartel collaborated with Gaza Slim for the duet 'Wickedest Ride' and released 'Make Up' on the album 'Reggae Love Songs'. |
| June 3 2014 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Reggae Love Songs'. |
| April 3 2014 | Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment, with eligibility for parole after 35 years. |
| March 13 2014 | Vybz Kartel was found guilty of the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams by an eleven-member jury. |
| 2013 | Vybz Kartel released the extended play 'Time To Be Free'. |
| November 18 2013 | Kartel's trial for the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams began. |
| October 15 2013 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'Kartel Forever: Trilogy'. |
| July 11 2013 | The trial for Kartel's second murder case was rescheduled. |
| July 7 2013 | Vybz Kartel released the album 'The Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto - Incarcerated But Not Silenced'. |
| January 21 2013 | Kartel's trial for the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams was originally scheduled but postponed due to a lack of jurors. |
| 2012 | Vybz Kartel released three extended plays: 'Stronger We Get', 'Amsterdam', and 'Mentally Free'. |
| 2012 | Vybz Kartel released several singles and albums, including 'Reparation' featuring Gaza Slim and 'Betray Di Gaza Boss' featuring Tommy Lee. |
| 2012 | Busta Rhymes released the single 'Wine & Go Down', featuring Vybz Kartel, as part of the album 'Year of the Dragon'. |
| 2012 | While in prison, his book 'The Voice Of The Jamaican Ghetto: Incarcerated but not Silenced' was published. |
| 2012 | After a disagreement led to a halt in Street Vybz Rum production in 2011, Vybz Kartel and Corey Todd resumed their collaboration despite Kartel's ongoing incarceration. |
| March 23 2012 | Kartel was granted bail for the murder of Barrington Burton, set at JMD$3,000,000. |
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