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Vybz Kartel Net Worth: Biography, Age, Wiki, Murder Case and Release Date

Vybz Kartel Net Worth, bio, wiki
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Vybz Kartel’s Net Worth

Vybz Kartel— is a popular Jamaican dance-hall artist, singer, deejay and record producer. As of 2024, Vybz has an estimated net worth of $1 million.


According to several reports, Vybz Kartel was convicted and sentence to prison in 2014  with eligibility for parole after serving 35 years of his sentence for being involved in a murder case.

Kartel began his music career at a very young age after he released his first single, “Love Fat Woman“.


Biography & Early Life

 Adidja Azim Palmer best known as Vybz Kartel was born on January 7, 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica. His home town where he was raised is Portmore, Jamaica. He rose to limelight in 2003 after a clash with Ninjaman at an annual dancehall festival ‘Sting’ which took place in Portmore.

The clash escalated to violence and  later resulted in Kartel and Ninjaman making a public apology to the organizers of the event. It wasn’t too long before vybz kartel was dragged again for using a special “bleaching cream”. 


In 2011, Vybz Kartel was banned by the National Communications Network of Guyana from airing his song because “his music added no value to their music industry”. “The lyrics of his songs were nothing good to write home about”.

According to other sources, around September 2011, he was arrested for being in possession of hard drugs. After being sentenced to prison in 2014; for charges of alleged murder of Jamaican businessman Barrington Burton, he would have to serve 35 years in prison before he is set free. 

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Personal Life

At the age of 27, Jamaican music star, Vybz Kartel had his first child on 18th April 2003. He also has two other children with his longtime girlfriend and babymama, Tanesha ‘Shorty’ Johnson. From ours sources, he has six more other children from his other relationships.

“On 17 May 2020, it was revealed that Kartel’s 15-year-old son was expecting a child with an 18-year-old woman, making Vybz a grandfather for the first time”.


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What’s Vybz Kartel Age

He was born on January 7, 1976, and he is 48 years old.


Net Worth: $1 Million
Date of Birth: January 7, 1976 (48 years old)
Gender: Male
Height: 6 ft- 1.83 m
Profession: Songwriter, Artist, Singer, Musician, Music artist
Nationality: Jamaica
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