Backstage at Barclays With the King of Dancehall

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Backstage at Barclays With the King of Dancehall

To Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, “New York [City] is Jamaica 2.0.” So it’s no surprise that the dancehall icon’s blowout weekend at Barclays Center evoked the same feeling as his Kingston comeback a few months ago. The Freedom Street bash was Kartel’s first performance since his imprisonment 13 years back—and the largest music event in Jamaica in half a century—but he never let circumstances slow him, relentlessly dropping music from behind b…

"A Vybz Kartel Concert is a Party": Backstage at Barclays With the King of Dancehall

To Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, “New York [City] is Jamaica 2.0.” So it’s no surprise that the dancehall icon’s blowout weekend at Barclays Center evoked the same feeling as his Kingston comeback a few months ago. The Freedom Street bash was Kartel’s first performance since his imprisonment 13 years back—and the largest music event in Jamaica in half a century—but he never let circumstances slow him, relentlessly dropping music from behind b…