{"id":9143,"date":"2024-08-02T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2024-08-09T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:32:31","slug":"kartel-freed-industry-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9143","title":{"rendered":"Kartel Freed, Industry Celebrates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0Gaza Empire member Sheba believes that justice has finally been served following the release of Vybz Kartel and his co-accused in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainer who is known for collaborations such as\u00a0<strong>\u2018<em>Like Christmas\u2019<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><em>\u2018You and Him Deh\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0with the Gaza Empire founder said that she expected to be disappointed, yet again, but was pleasantly surprised by the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just woke about an hour ago, so I missed everything. Everything is just coming down on me. I don\u2019t even know which feeling to express. Mi done cry, mi done jump, mi done scream, mi done roll\u2026 I\u2019m really excited and ecstatic. I\u2019m going through a [whirlwind] of emotions right now. It was a totally different verdict from weh me did expect,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement was handed down by a three-judge panel, including Justices Marva McDonald-Bishop, Paulette Williams, and David Fraser against retrying the accused men of the murder of Clive \u201cLizard\u201d Williams.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the interview, Sheba said she had spoken to several other members of the Gaza camp who were equally overjoyed about the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing cartwheels, well, the ones I talk to\u2026 the ones that I do keep in contact with, it was just mad celebration. I\u2019m truly happy, like deep down in my heart,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Isaiah Laing, principal of Supreme Promotions, organisers of Sting, said that he will be more than happy to welcome Vybz Kartel back to the stage at this year\u2019s staging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still early days. Let\u2019s see what he\u2019s up to. I\u2019d love for him to be there, because that\u2019s his stomping ground. Let\u2019s see what happens. Sting built Kartel and Kartel built Sting,\u201d he said,\u00a0agreeing that justice has finally prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWherever he goes for the first time, or the second, or the third time, there will be a bumper-to-bumper crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9134\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9134\" class=\"wp-image-9134 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Isaiah-Laing-Pic-2048x1606.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 191px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 191\/150;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaiah Laing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the same breath, Laing believes that the next step for the entertainer should be focusing on his health as he continues to battle Graves\u2019 disease. The condition affects the immune system and causes hyperthyroidism, which is the overproduction of hormones from the thyroid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he has a very good lawyer, and I know they must have a very good doctor, so the first thing he needs to do is to look about that health,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9131\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9131\" class=\"wp-image-9131 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clyde-Mckenzie-Pic-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"175\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clyde-Mckenzie-Pic-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clyde-Mckenzie-Pic-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clyde-Mckenzie-Pic-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clyde-Mckenzie-Pic.jpg 1003w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 124px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 124\/175;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clyde Mckenzie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the same time, Jamaican music scholar Clyde McKenzie is of the view that the \u201cWorl\u2019 Boss\u201d has some assimilating to do as he readjusts to freedom and the dancehall genre that has evolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was instrumental in forming this new era of the music, some would say. The question now is how will he be able to reintroduce himself, although he has had some presence, but how will he manage to insert himself into this new market. It will be left to see how well he is going to adapt to this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody who has had the kind of career he has had, sometimes you might not need to come with anything new, for now. You might be able to live on your legacy\u2026 However, whether you like him or not, he is undeniably a very talented man, and therefore you can\u2019t write him off in anything. You just have to watch to see what will happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0Gaza Empire member Sheba believes that justice has finally been served following the release of Vybz Kartel and his co-accused in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. The entertainer who is known for collaborations such as\u00a0\u2018Like Christmas\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018You and Him Deh\u2019\u00a0with the Gaza Empire founder said that she expected to be disappointed, yet again, but was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":9135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-9143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breakingnews"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9144,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9143\/revisions\/9144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}