- September 2011 - Vybz Kartel at Shocking Vibes Studio in Kingston , one week before being charged with murder. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- Oct 2011 - Police entrance to the Half Way Tree Magistrate court where supporters and media routinely gather when Kartel is due to make a court appearance. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- Oct 2011 - Supporters of the embattled DJ show their support outside the Magistrate Court in Half Way Tree, Kingston. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- Oct 2011 - Security heavy at the prisoner entrance at the Half Way Tree Magistrate court. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel at producer Don Corlene's studio in Mona in Kingston. This photograph was taken just before Greensleeves released Kartel's first album " Up To Di Time" which was produced by Corlene. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2008 - Vybz Kartel backstage at a show in Nassau, Bahamas. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2008 - Vybz Kartel backstage at a show in Nassau, Bahamas. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2008 - Michael 'Cakesoap' Jackson and Jamaica Michael Jackson. Nassau, Bahamas. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2002 - Vybz Kartel on the Gaza. (Portmore, Jamaica). Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel and early Gaza crew. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel on the Gaza. (Portmore, Jamaica). Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Children swarm Vybz Kartel on the shoot for his first album cover "Up to di Time." Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Children swarm Vybz Kartel on the shoot for his first album cover "Up to di Time." Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel on the Gaza (Portmore, Jamaica). Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel on the Gaza (Portmore, Jamaica). Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2003 - Vybz Kartel on the Gaza (Portmore, Jamaica). Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- 2008 - Vybz Kartel in performance , Nassau, Bahamas. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
- September 2011 - Vybz Kartel and Kingston producer Sani Showbizz , Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston. Photo Credit: Peter Dean Rickards
Vybz Kartel will just have to sit tight until trial. The Jamaican dancehall juggernaut was denied bail yesterday in the two murder charges against him, according to the Associated Press.
Kartel — real name Adidja Palmer — has been in prison since October 1 for the murders of two promoters, as well as firearms possession.
His attorney Christian Tavares-Finson seems confident about Palmer’s odds in court.
“The first murder, the basis of [the charge] is really conspiracy,” he told MTV Iggy last week. “…As far we are concerned, that case is tenuous at best.”
Check out exclusive photos of Vybz’ life in the ten years leading up to the trial — as well as the furor around it — and read more about the case in our feature story, “Has the Music Stopped for Vybz Kartel?”
All Photos by Peter Dean Rickards
Peter Dean Rickards is a photographer, writer and filmmaker living in Jamaica. Follow him on Twitter.