Tickets will range from $10 for normal entrance fee to $40 for VVIPs. Kartel joins in the bandwagon of his Jamaican counterparts who have flocking into the country for the past two years. This includes the likes of Brick and Lace, Sean Paul, Yassus Afari, King Sounds, Touch of Klass (TOK) and Sizzla Kalonji, Capleton, Beenie Man, Sean Kingston and Elephant Man.
However, the “Love fat Woman” hitmaker will have a mammoth task to surpass the standards set by Elephant Man, who gave an energetic performance last month at the Glamis Stadium.
Hottest property of the moment, Winky D and Dhadza D, among a host of other notable local dancehall artists, are rumoured to be performing at the show.
Born Adidja Palmer on January 7, 1976, Kartel started his career as a teenager in 1993, with his song "Love Fat Woman."
Kartel has tasted success as a shrewd businessman. He has his own liquor line Street Vybz Rum and a weekly dance party called Street Vybz Thursday, at the Building, Kingston nightclub he manages with Street Vybz Rum business partner Corey Todd.
He also has his own condom line, Daggering Condoms and plans to release his own shoe line named Addi's, as well as his own line of "cake soap" – controversially believed to be a skin-whitening product.
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