Vybz Kartel prison

Vybz Kartel is quietly rebuilding Portmore Empire with a slew of new female person artists.

Vybz Kartel is making some major moves in the music manufacture from behind bars. You can recall back in 2012 when he appear the disbandment of Portmore Empire, a group he co-founded and pb in the mid-2000s. The grouping gave rising to artists similar Tommy Lee Sparta, Popcaan, Jah Vinci, and Vanessa Bling, all of whom are now a household proper name in dancehall.

Sources involved with the handling of Vybz Kartel affairs exclusively told Urban Islandz that he is rebuilding his label nether a new name, Vybz Kartel Muzik, and so far he has signed a handful of female artists.

"It'southward not that he is rebuilding Portmore Empire, that'south history, the new focus is a new characterization with new artists, new focus, and new energy," sources said. "Vybz Kartel Muzik is the label that will house everything. Things will be more official now than before, so any artist you see nosotros pushing are signed to the label, and we are working with acts similar Ili Sanchea and Lolaa Smiles."

Nosotros're told that new artists like rise British rapper Ili Sanchea and Kartel's cousin Sikka Rhymes are already signed to the characterization with more than artists to come. Sources told u.s.a. that the incarcerated deejay is laying the groundwork for when he is released from prison house.

Vybz Kartel is now pending the verdict in his appeal case. The decision is not expected to be announced until sometime next year. The dancehall star is currently serving life for murder but is banking on his appeal as he continues to fight for freedom. His new album, Exiled Pharoah, is due sometime shortly. Information technology's not yet clear if any of his new artists volition exist featured on the project. We too know that TJ Records is the executive producer behind the project.