Vybz Kartel charged with murder

Three days after being arrested for drug possession and questioned for murder, Vybz Kartel was officially charged with murder, conspiracy to murder, and illegal possession of a firearm by Jamaica’s Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) last night. As Billboard points out, the Jamaican dancehall artist is one of a group of men that police allege murdered the businessman and promoter Barrington ‘Bossie’ Burton in Portmore – a suburb of Kingston, Jamaica on July 11. Despite several prior arrests, this is his first criminal charge.