Vybz Kartel is the most influential dancehall artist

Top streaming artist Drake calls Vybz Kartel one of his biggest inspirations and Kartel stands as the most influential independent artist in the history of dancehall music. Since Bounty Killer gave him the cosign, the Dancehall King has stood on his own reinventing himself over 20 years. With 16 studio albums since 2003 and 12 EPs, The Caribbean Music Awards’ Artist Of The Decade is also featured on over 900 Riddim albums with some of the wittiest, heinous and influential lyrics in the genre. His journey into the Billboard Reggae Albums chart began with Kingston Story, which first charted at No. 7 on July 9, 2011, just two months before his arrest.
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