Just one month after shutting down Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with two sold-out headlining shows — his first Stateside performances in 20 years — Vybz Kartel has announced an 11-date world tour alongside a new single titled “Pretty Girls.”
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Kicking off May 17 at Miami’s Amerant Bank Arena, Kartel’s Freedom Street World Tour will visit Trinidad’s One Caribbean Music Festival, London’s Wireless Festival and Jamaica’s Reggae Sumfest — alongside arenas in Atlanta and Baltimore — before concluding with two shows in Malta on Sept. 11 and 12. The Freedom Street World Tour — which sources its name from the massive homecoming festival the King of Dancehall mounted on New Year’s Eve last year (Dec. 31, 2024) — serves as Kartel’s first trek in more than 20 years. Last summer, the dancehall legend walked out of prison a free man after serving 13 years of a now-overturned life sentence for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams…